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Team Dark Week 2026

Team Dark Week is a FriendShip week inspired by the many excellent events run for romantic pairings in this fandom, but this one's for uplifting the fan-tastic platonic fanworks for our most edgiest of teams! All are welcome to participate, and you can head over to the hashtag #teamdarkweek / search team dark week to see some of the excellent stuff from the past two years! ★ For more info, here's static links to the basic overview of the week, the rules, the guidance/faqs and the prompts for this year. ★ If you're thinking of taking part, or would like to spread the word so others might join in, please consider reblogging! I know it seems far away, but from Halloween through to New Years - 2026 will come around quick: to give everyone the best chance I'd love to ring the bell now, and give everyone plenty of time! And of course, to get reminders on your dashboard, consider following @teamdarkweek !

Thank you so much to @solarroseart for providing this gorgeous new theme and artwork, @clearcatastrophe who has been running the queue, and @measlyfurball13 for consulting on the themes this year! And of course you've all also pitched in on more than that with ideas and sense checking, I truly appreciate it!

If you have any questions, you can pop them in the askbox, or direct message me on my sonic tumblr @wonderinc-sonic if it's more private.

Information, and pngs of/ links to digital versions of the colour palette, are below.

Team Dark Week 2025: February 1st - 7th

After last year was so much fun, here's hoping that you've all got an appetite for more Team Dark Platonic Love!

Linked below are the colour palettes with their hex codes to download: as always, you're welcome to be flexible with them, use only half, or not use them at all - it's just another option.

Feb 1st: Fire / Warning Feb 2nd: Storm / Prodigy Feb 3rd: Mirror / Hide Feb 4th: Shine / Treat Feb 5th: Drown / Earth Feb 6th: Inside / Wired Feb 7th: Haze / Loved

Thanks to the people who helped me out with sense checking the colour palettes! @explodingthunder, @eldritchgriffin, and @nonbinary-sticks-the-badger !

This blog will be getting a new lick of paint while I bulk up the queue and start shouting about Team Dark, but you'll still find all the info in the same place: Basic Info, Rules, Guidance and Previously Asked Questions, and Themes.

Team Dark appreciates their fans in their own way, we are assured.

Really excited to see all of what you guys have made. As a reminder it's okay to post late, please do tag the blog @teamdarkweek on your posts.

As may be obvious I have not been super well lately and do not have the capacity to make some of the extra bits and bobs for the week, but I will try to rally and at least put out polls. Please reach out if you need me for anything or have any questions.

I'm hearing my clock chime midnight as I crop this scribble, which means that's a wrap on TeamDarkWeek 2025!

Well, for me - you keep going, and if you are still posting any fabulous pieces, please do tag me in them 🖤 Thank you so much to everyone who has participated, you are my favourite part of the Sonic year, and I hope I might see some of you in 2026 if you're up for it!

Next on this blog: catching up on asks and considering feedback (please send me any you've got); resharing all the works each week over next seven weeks, tdw bookclub (reading each written submission back without the time crunch to give a review); data analysis and summary slides.

I will also now be having a 🌠break🌠, but probably not for long! A kind somebody has finally taken the @team-chaotix-week url, so if you're wondering where to put your platonic love next - you'll catch me over there enjoying what they get up to!

Well in the UK at least, I realise the Americas still have the evening to go - and my queue is still going with works from today! But even when thats done, still going to be sharing works to the blog, so if youre still working on stuff please do tag me I will be so happy to receive!

Also if you have feedback or suggestions for next time, whether you participated or not - put them in the ask box, or ping me on @wonderinc-sonic for a dm

Live with the Team Dark Week dates and themes!

Each day has two words, you can choose either, both or go on a tangent - any form accepted, as long as it's your own work. Thank you @prowerprojects for your help brainstorming!

Participate using #team dark week, #teamdarkweek, or @teamdarkweek in your post. Submission box is also open if you prefer!

I'll be reminding you, but if you want to mark it in your calendar, you'd make my day!

As well as the usual prompts, I have included a Colour Palette for each day - this may not be useful, but if you're a digital artist I thought this would be an easy way to join in at less of a time cost. Here they are, as well as links to a web version. They're approximate, I won't be checking and I'm no graphics expert, these are just the ones I used to make my promo content, which will be shared after this.

February:

1st: Night // Gem

2nd: Memory // Secret

3rd: Power // Control

4th: Creation // Malfunction

5th: Hurt // Changed

6th: Together // Journey

7th: Space // Light

Expect the usual restrictions on content (Non-sexual, some gore and violence allowed) with the added detail that this is a non-ship week, so please don't submit shipping content! Further Details are available on this blog on Web-mode, plus I'll link them here! Participation Basics Rules Expanded Guidance and FAQ (that I have seen on other weeks!) The days again

I hope as many people as can manage it will be able to participate, and if you want to support, please consider sharing this post!

Day 4 prompt finally done - obviously, she's the top card on the deck!