#creationschallenge

Supernatural deserved better than that trashfire of a finale so let's create the quality content TPTB denied our beloved show and the SPN fandom in 15x20! Celebrate 15 years worth of amazing meta-storytelling and character growth with 31 Days of fixit prompts: 

hi nonny! thankyou for the ask :3 

OKAY. so, the idea is to encourage more content that celebrates/points out the kinds of endings Supernatural could have given us but didn't. it's about fandom taking the reins and making things right since the canon that TPTB heaped upon us denied us so much and screwed up pretty much everything they laid their hands on. 

the SPN Deserved Better 31 Days Creative Challenge is about exploring avenues that the finale didn't, things that would make more sense and be more satisfying for both the narrative and the characters, and therefore the audience too. 

it's basically a prompt list for creating fixits for the finale, meaning: reimagining the finale entirely, or focusing on the things missing from the episode, or maybe you want to create for 15x21/a follow-up episode that will never be. but this challenge is also about acknowledging things significant to the story that were ignored. 

I'm not here to tell you what to create, but here are a few examples to help you along: 

the *Dean is Bisexual* prompt could be exploring the subtext of the past 15 seasons, or give Dean a coming out moment in a reworking of the finale, or it could just be an awesome piece of bi!Dean art or a gifset with lyrical captions. 

the *Saileen* and *Destiel* prompts are about the endgames these characters were denied, the happy endings season 15 was working towards but which 15x20 didn't address (likely due to network interference). 

you can focus on the past/present/future with any of the prompts, but keep in mind this challenge is about bringing attention to the narrative aspects that were ignored and disrespected in the finale. we want to shine a light on What Could Have Been, and What Brought Us Here through the seasons. it's about what SPN deserved. 

(i hope this all makes sense; I'm typing this before bed so I'm kinda sleepy and the summer sounds outside my window are distracting af. 

I'm happy to answer any questions about this challenge, hopefully in a more concise manner XD let me know if you're still a little unclear about things!) 

so! I'm drafting a no-pressure, month-list-challenge thing to encourage more creations in the aftermath of 15x20 as this whole SPNgate thing continues, namely to bring attention to the things we love about the show that the finale overlooked ("Destiel" and "Saileen" and "Found Family" each have their own days, for example) and it won't be all about Destiel: some prompts are Destiel-specific (like "Handprint") but some are just general things (like "Retirement" and "Hunting"). 

questions: 

is there anything you guys would like to see on the list? 

do you have any recommendations for what the list/challenge should be called? (my placeholder atm is "SPNDBCC" but idk.. and should it be "deserved" or "deserves"?) 

note: atm i have 3 separate days reserved for Jared, Jensen and Misha, as well as separate days for Sam, Dean, Cas and Jack/God 2.0. 

Reply to this post or reblog it with your comments or you can send me mail on Anon if you prefer with your ideas. 📋🏳️‍🌈 

1. can anyone enter it? do i gotta like....meet some kinda requirements or talk to you or something or can i just go ahead and do it?

2. does it have a time limit? like does it start on December 1st and end Dec 31 or can i start whenever?

3. are the prompts open to interpretation? does my response have to portray the prompt exactly or can i be a little abstract? does it have to be serious or can i make some funny stuff too?

thats all i can really think of. sorry if youve already answered these somewhere or if im overstepping, this challenge just sounds really interesting and i wanna know if its okay if i can do it and if so, how i go about it. thank you either way tho :)

hi nonny 🤗

welcome to the fun! and that's probably the first and most important (unspoken) rule for any 30/31 Day Challenge: have fun! 🥳

anyone can join(*). you don't need to reblog anything or talk to anyone first - that's what's great about these challenges because you can just dive right in. some challenges are run during certain months (Halloween themed ones during October, Christmas themed ones during December, for example) and the info post for each challenge will usually tell you that stuff. that being said, there's also an unspoken etiquette not to be disrespectful to other creators or tumblr users, and anyone caught being a dick to other users will be blocked by the creator and their content not reblogged.

(*) please note: given the theme of SPNDBCC, this particular challenge is not suited to certain content creators (w*incest shippers and br*nlies are not welcome here) because it's about celebrating the positive things the finale did NOT give the fandom by creating what the characters deserved but were denied in their endgame.

SPNDBCC technically started on December 1st because that's when i posted it, but there are no set dates. a lot of challenges are like this where you can jump in at any time, any month, and create for as few or as many prompts as you want! you set your own pace. create over the course of several months if you want to! i have another 31 Day challenge - 31 Days of SPN, which was adapted from a similar list, and which also has no timeframe.

challenges hosted on tumblr usually have a few general guidelines to follow - no NSFW visuals and all written NSFW content under a "read more" break. and you must warn for any triggering content.

there's also the matter of tagging: each challenge has a unique tag - like #SPNDBCC - which you need to tag your creations with in the first 5 tags so they show up in tumblr's finicky search. you can also tag the creator in the body of your post, ie. @foundfamily4eva​. if you post content on different social media platforms the tag is usually the same.

prompts are always open to interpretation, although it's best to keep in mind the theme of the challenge, ie. a Flufftober challenge isn't meant for angsty creations, and ship-specific challenges aren't meant to feature other ships. both funny and serious and everything in between is welcome for SPNDBCC!

31 Days of Supernatural

Use the tag #31daysofspn so others can find your creations! 

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hi nonny! 

indeed i am! 🙃 i can't keep up with daily posts and i won't be creating for every prompt, but i will be posting various creations for #SPNDBCC throughout December/January. 

i post my fanart + ficlets + drabbles on my dean/cas prompt blog @theheartchoice, so you can find those creations here. when it comes to gifsets + meta i post from @foundfamily4eva. 🎨🖋️