Angsty Kingdon August 2026

-Mondays & Fridays- -August 3rd-August 28th-

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We hope Mel and Frank are ready to go through the wringer, because every Monday and Friday from August 3rd to August 28th they will be enduring

Angsty Kingdon August!

This is an event entirely centered around putting Mel and Frank through angsty situations, so a trigger warning is definitely in place! There’s going to be some pretty dark content that comes out of this, so if that’s not something you want to see then go ahead and block our blog and our tag!

We will be having Mel Misery Mondays and Frank Forlornness Fridays! These are just suggestions to inspire you (and because who doesn’t love alliteration?). You do not need to choose Mel as your main subject for Monday and vice versa. These will be the days of the week that you upload your creations. Anything posted outside of the designated days will be scheduled to be reblogged on Saturday the 29th!

Each week has two prompts to help guide your creative process! The prompts will follow the blank/blank format and it is up to you to decide which one to use for each day (or use both!). For example- if the prompt is illness/injury, you could give Mel an injury on Monday, and Frank an illness on Friday, vice-versa, or give them both an illness and injury. It is also up to you whether you post/create something for both days, as you are invited to post just on Monday or just on Friday. This is all about having fun (and tormenting our fav characters), so feel free to take inspiration from what you want and leave the rest! 

MONDAY THE 3RD & FRIDAY THE 7TH -Grief/Addiction MONDAY THE 10TH & FRIDAY THE 14TH -Miscommunication/Hanahaki MONDAY THE 17TH & FRIDAY THE 21ST -Touch Starvation/Smangst MONDAY THE 24TH & FRIDAY THE 28TH -Angst With A Happy Ending/Free Choice

Check out the prompts post for further details on these!

Do you want them to be doomed to an eternity of sadness? Leaving them stranded forever in the torment nexus? Go ahead, you can do that! Do you want their story to resolve and for them to both live happily ever after? Do you want to give them the joy canon never could? Go ahead, you can do that too! It’s up to you to decide whether the angst is eternal or gets resolved with comfort! Just please be sure to tag your fics accordingly!

We have created a collection on ao3 that you can add your fics to here. Please use our hashtag #angstykingdonaugust2026 and tag us @angstykingdonaugust. We will be reblogging your creations all throughout the month and can't wait to see what you come up with! 

Check out our Rules and FAQ post for any unanswered questions.

We are so excited for you to participate and help the summer months of the hiatus go by just a little faster!

With love from your admins,

@AlysonAfterDark @TvGremlin @PurpleButterflyGlasses

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Hi! 💗💗 Are we able to combine prompts?

You absolutely can combine prompts, we just ask that you choose one day to post that specific creation on, depending on the circumstances!

Say you write a fic that has addiction as a theme but also has smangst; since those are from separate weeks of the event we ask that you keep one prompt as your main prompt and post the fic during that week.

On the other hand, if you make a gifset that has grief and addiction as your themes, you can just choose one day from that week to post!

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Content should be Mel/Frank centric. Maybe one is causing the angst in the other. Maybe one is comforting the other after they experienced an angsty situation.

The main focus needs to be on Mel and Frank and the feelings they cause in each other, whether they be positive or negative. For example, if you're including a different romantic pairing for Mel, the focus needs to be on how it affects Frank, and vice versa.

Tag your creations with #angstykingdonaugust2026 and tag our blog @angstykingdonaugust so we can see your creations and reblog them! Post any fics to this collection here as an easy place for people to find your work.

Any form of media allowed! Fanfics, Gifsets, Fan Art, Playlists, Edits, Mixed Media, Meta, ect.

NSFW and Dead-Dove allowed but must be tagged accordingly!

Fics should provide appropriate trigger warnings in either the tags or author’s notes!

Strictly no AI content!

Any and all further questions please send to our asks!

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These prompts can be interpreted in any way that you see fit, these are just some basic explanations and examples to help you along the way. 

Grief/Addiction

Grief is the response to the loss of something deemed important to which a bond or affection was formed. For this prompt a writer could write a story about Frank grieving his relationship with his wife and kids. A gif maker could make a gifset of times that Mel mentions the loss of her parents.

Addiction is characterized by a persistent and intense urge to engage in something that produces an immediate psychological reward, despite the negative consequences. For this prompt an artist could create a piece portraying the effects of Frank’s addiction on himself. You could write a story of Mel navigating an addiction of her own. You could even create an analysis of Frank’s character arc as a recovering addict.

Miscommunication/Hanahaki

Miscommunication is an instance where either the speaker is unable to provide the proper and adequate information to the hearer or the hearer misperceived and could not recognise the communication from the speaker. For this prompt a writer could write a drabble where Frank makes a comment to Mel that she misunderstands, causing her to create distance between them. A video editor could create an edit of Mel and Frank in an alternate universe where they experience miscommunication in their relationship.

Hanahaki is a fictional disease where someone begins coughing up flower petals because they have unrequited feelings for someone. The flowers can grow in the stomach, lungs, or heart. It begins with coughing up a few petals, and grows in intensity and pain until the victim is coughing up entire flowers, at which point the disease has reached its final stages. If not treated, the disease is fatal. We know there’s some fantastic artists out there that will create some gut wrenching pieces with this prompt and we’re very excited to see what everyone comes up with!

Touch Starvation/Smangst

Touch starvation is the physiological need by humans and other species for physical contact with their own species or other living beings. Its prolonged absence can have traumatic impacts on an individual's emotional, physical, and/or mental well-being. An artist could create a piece of Frank yearning for Mel’s touch. A collage maker could create a piece of all the times Mel and Frank reached for each other.

Smangst is a combination of Smut and Angst. So anything with sexual intimacy that also has an undertone of emotional pain, relationship conflict, or just anything sad.

Angst With A Happy Ending/Free Choice

We’re finishing the month by giving Mel and Frank a happy ending! This could be a hurt/comfort fic, or a gifset showing Mel and Frank always finding each other after all of the struggles of their day.

Or, if you’re not down with that you can fulfill your own angsty prompt!

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Hello Kingdon Nation!

It’s your event runners @alysonafterdark @tvgremlin and @purplebutterflyglasses here, and we are so excited to finally give you all a sneak peek into what we have planned for the month of August!

Give us a follow, turn notifications on, stock up on tissues, and stay tuned–the official announcement is coming very, very soon!