#stranger week

STRANGER WEEK DAY 1!

Flowers&Vines

(Find the text-only version of this post here!)

The prompts for Stranger Week 2025 are here! 

For this event, we chose to divide the prompts into three categories: ROT for darker prompts, GUIDANCE for thematic or character prompts, and HOPE for respite prompts. Of course, you don’t need to feel restricted to just one category; you can use any prompt you wanna use, or simply go by your own.

Stranger Week 2025 will run from Monday 14 July until Sunday 20 July.

Daily prompts

Rules and Guidelines

Above all, have fun!

Enter the event however you would enjoy it most, that's all that matters. If you're interested in being reblogged by the account, these could be an interesting read.

What can I create?

Absolutely anything, so long as it’s Stranger-centric. 

You can use the prompts, or you can just tag the week in Stranger-centric fanworks you create. You can draw art, write fic or meta, create cosplay, make arts and crafts, write headcanons, make videos, compose edits and collages—so long as your work centres and celebrates Stranger, we’re happy to have it! 

By Stranger-centric, we mean that he’s the central character in the work. This doesn’t mean he needs to be the POV character, as you can also write about characters perceiving or thinking about Stranger.

What won’t be shared? 

This event is accessible to all ages. While canon compliant dark themes and gore are allowed, any works with sexually explicit content won't be shared by the account for this reason. Artistic and non-sexualised nudity is fine and will be tagged for. Refer to this ask for more clarity on the specifics of this.

We also won’t share Stranger-centric fanworks that bash him (à la “here’s my essay on why Stranger SUCKS”). In any case of doubt about intention, other works posted will be taken into account to gauge intention; but we simply don’t want negativity to spread through the event. Angst, dark themes, and works where Stranger is victimised in horrible events are fine, as is tongue-in-cheek making fun of him, but they need to come from a place of love and spreading fun, not one of mockery of him and his fans and one of hatred.

Can I draw other characters or ships that don’t involve Stranger?

Absolutely! You can add other characters and relationships and even make them main characters, so long as Stranger is also the central character they share the spotlight with. 

We embrace any and all ships, even if they’re not Stranger ships, and will happily accept them as supplementary to the works made for the event. Just like how we accept any and all Stranger ships! Just don’t expect art of a non-Stranger ship with Stranger’s hand appearing in one corner of the canvas to be considered Stranger-centric.

This is also an offshoot of the nightshade week event, but Stranger week itself is unrelated to nightshade week. You can make completely platonic works, just like you can showcase any other Stranger or Omori ships. So no, no nightshade is required!

Do my entries have to follow canon?

Nope! You can do whatever you want to canon. Follow it, tweak it, crumple it up into a ball and toss it into the trashcan. We accept any and all Stranger headcanons, regardless of whether they’re about his appearance, his gender, his personality, his canon, anything. You wanna write about real world Stranger the entire event long? Knock yourself out!

Will you accept works focusing on non-Basil Strangers, like Kel Stranger?

Absolutely! While this event is all about celebrating the character Stranger, which in the files and the fandom’s consciousness refers to the Shadow Basil character, we think that anyone who thinks that the other Stranger variants should fall under this name should also get their time to shine. The prompts are written to be thematically applicable to the Shadow Basil variant who wants to lead Sunny to the truth.

What tag can I use?

You can use the Twitter tag #strangerweek2025 and the Tumblr tag #stranger week 2025. You can also tag the account (@nightshadeweek on both platforms) if your entry wasn't seen or send a DM to the account. On AO3, you can use the Stranger Week 2025 (OMORI) tag, as we’ll try to get it made canonical like the nightshade week tag.

How do I pick prompts?

You're free to use and interpret the prompts however you want. You don't have to do all the prompts, you can skip days, you can mix prompts, you can do prompts on different days, etc. If you want, you can also simply submit some Stranger fanworks that don't follow any prompts. This event is all about celebrating Stranger and creating new things for him together.

Do I have to complete every day or follow one category?

Not at all! You can do one day or all days. You can do one path or all paths. You don't have to follow a set path either; the categories are just there to give the prompts themes. Mix and match as you see fit!

Can I submit late entries?

Late entries are definitely welcome! After the event has ended, I will still regularly check the tag and share late entries.

Stranger Week day 3: Creature

All of my most significant Strangers collected together! Because after all this time, I still can't resist making him into a weird little creature.

Post-Neutral Stranger takes place after the neutral ending, when Omori wants to banish all of Basil from headspace to protect Sunny and he twists Stranger into a demonic abomination as a punishment for his interference.

Stray AU Stranger is from my fic, Stray, in which Omori encounters a demon in his backyard and figures out how to deal with it.

Gods & Demons AU Stranger is an ancient vanquished demon who is at odds with the god Omori but who one day has to team up with him if he wants to reclaim his stolen powers from the usurper, Hero.

Canon Stranger isn't all that beastly, but I still love to give him pointed ears and a tail.

Plushie Stranger was my first plushie design, so I adore him.

Little One is precious.

Lineart underneath here.

What do you think about OMORI? What's he doing right now?

"He is a nuisance. I understand that he wanted to protect and help SUNNY, but his methods were... questionable."

"I will admit, though, I have no idea what he's doing. The entirety of HEADSPACE, likely including WHITESPACE, ended up getting reset after SUNNY and OMORI's fight, so I'm not even sure if WHITESPACE looks the same."

Stranger week day 4: real world

Stranger week day 6: Basil + Guardian

Basil keeps visiting Sunny's dreams. Stranger can see a million ways in which this can go wrong, but does that mean that he can keep his charge from connecting to his closest friend in ways that far transcend what is possible in the waking world?

The accompanying fic for this art doubles as a Tangled in Dreams of Light and Shadow intro piece for Basil and Stranger's relationship.

You can read it on AO3 🌿

Stranger week day 5: Friends