#ocdynamicsmonth26

Welcome all OC enthusiasts! This entire August 2026 will be all about your OCs, or more specifically, the dynamics between them. Post your writing, art, or whichever medium you choose on Tumblr with the hashtag #ocdynamicsmonth26 and make sure to show some love to other participants as well! Your posts will be reblogged to this blog.

My asks are open for any questions & comments you might have! Please read the rules and prompt guide first!♡

Rules:

Original characters only! Fandom OCs are fine, but the characters within the dynamic must be OCs.

Make something (writing, visual art, some other creation) with a given prompt, then post it on Tumblr during OC Dynamics Month and use the hashtag #ocdynamicsmonth26. Interpret the prompts freely and include as many OCs within the dynamic as you wish!

You can post your work late, for example you can post your creation for Day 1 on Day 15 if you want! All I ask is that you don't post them early.

There are no strict rules for what content is allowed. However, I may choose not to reblog something if I feel that it goes against the spirit of the event (AI generated content, hateful content etc). Including content warnings for heavy topics is encouraged!

Event is over but you still want to do the prompts? No worries, keep working on the daily prompts or fill the bonus prompts if you wish! I'll keep reblogging posts for a while after the event is over.

Bonus rule: interact with at least one other creation for each piece you make yourself! Like, reblog, leave a reply, or even send the creator a message if you want - let’s spread the love! ♡

Prompt guide

Each main prompt contains a type of relationship and an adjective. You can fill a day's prompt in one of 3 ways (using the first prompt as an example): 1. use only the type of relationship → make a piece about ex-friends, 2. use only the adjective → make a piece about ocs with a powerful dynamic OR 3. use both → make a piece about ex-friends who have a powerful dynamic. 

This year, the bonus prompts are dialogue prompts. You can combine or swap them with main prompts or just do them in addition to the main prompts! You can use the exact wording, tweak it to fit your piece, or simply use the dialogue to inspire your work without using it directly.

Prompts

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(I like the second version but the first one has the prompts interwoven in the string, which I loved because I 🩷 the prompts. You don't have to post this btw!!)

I thought about it but personally I feel that having an ao3 collection comes off a bit more fandom-focused, which this event is not (even though fandom OCs are welcomed). You can still post your work on AO3 obviously and I'll share it here as long as you share the link on Tumblr.

- 🌸 I'm so tempted have I mentioned I love creative communities

thanks so much for running this event :)

Oh no don't worry about that, go ahead and post in your own timezone! The not posting early rule is not a matter of hours or even a day, it's just so that you don't intentionally post day 15 on day 4 or something and that we're going somewhat chronologically (even though we're not, since you are allowed to post late, but yknow. It makes sense to me😭)

Hi, thank you for the consideration! This event is for all kinds of OC dynamics, including dark ones. Some of the adjective prompts (e.g. disgusting, scary) definitely lean that way unless you decide to make them more lighthearted instead. So don't worry about that at all, just make what you want to make, include content warnings and you're all good!

I'll take the time here to remind other participants to check content warnings and exercise caution if you don't want to see potentially disturbing content!

This is my worldcup <333 I'm gonna publish my OCs specifically so I can participate here (which I'm super nervous about but I love OC dynamics too much)

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it's okay if not, i can just use the adjective or a dialogue prompt, but i'm curious.

hi! I'm so glad to hear that! :') very fun idea to explore rare POVs 👀

Hi anon, I know you sent another ask after this telling me you already found the answer but I know other people might not find it so I'm using your ask to spread info! (Also I'm so glad you like the prompts, thank you so much!♡)

my question for you all now is, how do you feel about an entire OC Dynamics Month as opposed to just a week? otherwise it would be pretty much the same as last year; prompt for each day, you can choose which one(s) you want to do, chill vibes & hopefully very fun. just for longer!