#tanthamorewinterfest

Starting in December and going through to January, we're running a chilled out kind of writing and art challenge to celebrate Tanthamore, the rest of the Willow gang, and to get us all through the end of this year and the start of the next.

Willow Season's Gifts (Vol 1)

wrote some graydon/airk fluff for tanthamore winterfest!

Summary: Airk has been crushing on Graydon for a long time, but now Graydon has a crush on someone else. What will tonight's Christmas party bring, especially once mixmaster Boorman starts serving up specialty drinks? ratings & etc under the jump!

Tanthamore Winterfest is a two month long event full of writing and art prompts based around the pairing Kit Tanthalos/Jade Claymore from Willow, brought to you by the makers of @tanthamoretober. The goal is to have some chill, flexible reasons to write during the months of December and January. This challenge also encompasses other characters and pairings within the Willow universe.

How does it work? You create fan content inspired by one of the prompts and post it during the challenge period, which starts December 1, 2023 and ends January 31, 2024. You can do one shots or string the prompts together for a multi-chapter fic, and all types of fan content are welcome: art, fic, vids, fan mixes, rec lists, meta, memes.

What prompts? We have multiple types of prompts, and you can choose what inspires you best. There are four lists of text-based tables, and three moodboards in case visual prompts speak to you more. You can pick and choose from any of these and interpret them any way you like.

Text prompts: Masterlist

Text-based: Out in the Cold

Text-based: In From The Cold

Text-based: Summer Edition

Text-based: Dialogue

Moodboards: Masterlist

Why are there summer prompts in a winter fic challenge?

Because some people live in New Zealand, okay? Or other places. Apparently there's a whole hemisphere where December and January are summer months, and if you're not feeling wintery at this time of year we don't want that to hold you back from participating!

How do I share my cool stuff? Add it to the Winterfest collection on AO3!

(Use the ‘Post to collection’ button, or see How do I add work to a collection for more info.)

On tumblr, use the tag 'tanthamorewinterfest’ so others can find it (as well as any relevant content/pairing/prompt tags.) You can also tag this blog, and we’ll reblog things throughout the month.

Does it have to be Tanthamore? It doesn’t! You can create things for any prompt with any character or characters from Willow, you can write different pairings, you can do whatever you want forever. Just make sure that your fics are tagged appropriately!

Can it be any rating? Yes absolutely! Write the most E-rated thing your little heart desires, just tag it as such so readers can decide for themselves.

Can it be any length? Sure! There is no minimum or maximum word limit.

Does it have to be canon? Nope - it can be canon, canon-divergent, or any kind of AU you would like to write!

Does it have to be finished? Nope, not at all. If one of the prompts inspires you to start a long fic, you are still totally welcome to add it to the collection during December-January and carry on working on it after the challenge is over. We will close the collection after the challenge is complete (probably sometime in the first week of February) but you can continue adding chapters to anything you have already added.

For more Tanthamore Winterfest inspiration, here are 21 dialogue prompts you could use. Cram them all in or just use one, it's your choice how you play with these:

“You can’t go out in this weather.”

“Stop trying to charm me, I’m not going to fall for it.”

“Do you want to lick this?” / “Taste this.”

“You’re my family.”

“This year’s going to be different, I promise.”

"You can turn around now” / “You can open your eyes now.”

“It’s time to let it go, love.”

“Have you earned it?” / “Oh, you’ve earned this.”

"Can we stay like this for a little while?" 

“You’re going to make yourself sick!”

"Don't look at them, look at me."

“Are you stuck?”

“That is not traditional.”

“Is this a dream?”

"I don't care about my clothes right now!"

“Do you trust me?” / “Just trust me.”

“Shut up and hold me / kiss me”

“This is the most uncomfortably cold / hot I have ever been.”

“You want this, do you?” / “Beg.”

“I know it’s three in the morning, but should we…?”

🌞 This is one of the moodboard prompts for Tanthamore Winterfest (Summer edition!) - check out the rest Here

🌞 Want some text based prompts to go along with the pictures? Have a look at the text prompts Here

Let's do a little round up of the first fics posted into the Tanthamore Winterfest collection on AO3...

Don't forget to leave a comment if you haven't already, spread some love!

So you wanna sculpt some snow tits? by spybrarian Rating: General Summary:

Jade and Kit have some fun in the snow. A little drabble to kick of Tanthamore Winterfest, inspired by the header myrebelliousphase made for us.

snow on the beach by rochke11 Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Months after the end of the Quest, Jade and Kit take a detour on their way to spend the Winter Solstice in the Wildwood. They find themselves on a beach when it starts to snow.

i feel you no matter what (maroon) by pirateygoodness for rochke11 Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Kit has vivid memories of creeping into the Great Hall after bedtime, sneaking glimpses of the wildness of those parties. It always felt like this: the din of many voices combining into a dull roar of humanness that somehow felt quieter than the voices of just a few. (Or: Kit and Jade, and a moment to get lost together on the road home)

A Skating Rink at the End of the World by TheLateNightStoryTeller Rating: Teen and up Summary:

So it’s the end of the world. So Kit’s blood may hold the only hope to cure the deadly fungal zombie plague. So Jade might have been tasked with escorting the love of her life to her doom at the hands of the Fireflies. There’s still time for some fun on the ice, right?

Part 2 of The Firefly and her Cordyceps Princess

So I've Heard by Geek_and_Nina Rating: Mature Summary:

jade's coaching boxing, and graydon is her favorite student. kit is his best friend and we alllll know where that's going to lead

A prequel of Show Don't Tell, deaf Kit au!

Christmas Trees: Worst Invention Ever by TheLateNightStoryTeller Rating: Mature Summary:

In the spirit of the holidays, Kit makes a bad decision and ends up needing to be rescued by the fire department (and her girlfriend). Fortunately Jade has a way Kit can make up for her mistake.

Part 2 of A love story on fire, Tanthamore firefighter au

Under the Mistletoe by lowkeyed1 Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Airk has been crushing on Graydon for a long time, but now Graydon has a crush on someone else. What will tonight's Christmas party bring, especially once mixmaster Boorman starts serving up specialty drinks?

Sink or Swim by yubnubbery Rating: Mature Summary: (our first summer addition!)

Airk asks Kit to take his young daughter to her next swim lesson, as long as she promises not to hit on the hot swim instructor. He’s already called dibs! Or 5 times Kit needed saving (from herself) and 1 time she didn’t.

Also an honourable mention for including some of the prompts in chapter 18:

A princess and her other half by Haruka81 Rating: Explicit Summary:

Kit knows that the Wyrm is waking up, Elora and Willow have been clear about it. And she knows that an arranged marriage is needed in order to form strong alliances. Still she is not happy at all to have to marry someone that she doesn't know just out of duty. Well let's say that this is true until she meets the Princess of the Bone Reavers, but will Jade think the same?