#jerza week

Day 2: Strawberries/Childhood

ok i was really busy today and so i thought i'd have to skip day 2 until i realized i had a whole ass comic thingy written out?? but uh yeah have this lmao

also erza's holding a strawberry but it's hard to tell cuz this was just a sketch lol

Thank you @dragongodryss for the banner!

Welcome to Jerza Week 2025!

I'm so excited to host this event, which will run from the 21st to the 27th of October.

A big thank you to everyone who voted for the prompts! I honestly didn't expect to get these many responses. Please see the rules section for more information.

Prompts

❤️ Tuesday 21/10: first(s) // memory 💙 Wednesday 22/10: strawberry // childhood ❤️ Thursday 23/10: starlight // wound 💙 Friday 24/10: tower // sacrifice ❤️ Saturday 25/10: reunion // blood 💙 Sunday 26/10: scar(s) // nightmare ❤️ Monday 27/10: comfort // kiss

Rules/Event Info

Any form of submission is allowed: art, fanfic, edits, crafts, manga colourings, aesthetics, playlists, meta, etc.

You can combine prompts for different days or even ignore them altogether and do your own thing. You're more than welcome to challenge yourself by fulfilling every day or creating multiple pieces per prompt, but remember that this event is supposed to be fun, so don't stress!

All entries must be original and previously unposted. Updates to an ongoing multichapter fic are not eligible, but new instalments in a series will be accepted.

AI, traced or stolen content is strictly prohibited.

Works can be canon compliant or AU.

NSFW and triggers must be tagged appropriately.

No hate/bashing or works involving non-con, incest or minor/adult pairings.

Late submissions are always welcome! Just remember to tag according to the instructions below for easy finding.

—Event Tags: Please mention the blog @jerzaweek2025 and use the tags #jerzaweek2025 and #jerza week in your first five to ensure your post gets reblogged.

—AO3 Collection: Jerza Week 2025 (jerzaweek2025)

Feel free to send an ask for any questions you might have!

Pure white lilies once untouched by scare and sin

Now bathe in blood and are soaked from within

Their fragile petals have become bruised and worn 

Marking the place where innocence has been trampled and torn

Sweet laughter no longer lingers here 

Just the looming shadows that speak of fear 

The scarlet stains, an unmoving mark 

Forever reminding of the chains that kept them bound in the dark 

The lilies scream their silent cries 

Of dreams undone beneath lightless skies 

Each drop of red, a memory slain 

And haunting reminders of a past that never lets them break from their chains

Once soft as dawn, their beauty has bled

But neither are they allowed to rest amongst those forgotten or dead 

Yet the blood stained lilies continue to bow in grief 

Whilst watching the promise of innocence being swept away like a falling leaf

Darkness still surrounds yet they stand, though bent and torn 

Eternally mourning the life that could have once been born 

With each scarlet stained petal, and through every lamenting sigh

Jerza week 2025 day 1 memory.