Have you ever wanted to join a fandom event, but all the rules seemed scary? The deadlines were way too close? Maybe you weren't sure if you'd be consistently productive and didn't want to disappoint anyone?
"Fandom with Benefits" allows you to have a low-commitment relationship with our monthly events. There are very few rules, and no deadlines, ever.
Every month an event and its theme/prompts are revealed:
Detailed descriptions will be part of the event's post.
FAQ behind the readmore ↓
How do I post something for the event?
Share your creations on AO3, tumblr, or link to what you've shared on another platform (pillowfort, dreamwidth, etc).
On AO3, add your work—or a bookmark of it—to the event's collection.
On tumblr, use both the general #fandomwithbenefits hashtag, and the specific event's hashtag to make sure people can find your post.
Collection links and hashtags will be included in the monthly event's posts. There's no deadline to post to them; it doesn't have to be in the month or even in the year the event was revealed.
We won't be reblogging works here. This space is to find inspiration, not entertainment :)
What are the rules, precisely?
These events are open to all fandoms, all 'ships, any content and rating, as long as it's allowed to be posted on tumblr/AO3. Keep the platform's TOS in mind and remember to tag your works appropriately! Nobody likes to be jumpscared by something they're not into, and it makes your work findable by those who are into it.
There are no size limits, or requirements for the work to be complete or polished. You decide when to share it.
Every event remains open indefinitely. If you come across a three-year old prompt that gets your creativity going—awesome!
Any medium and form is welcome, too! Let the prompts inspire you not only to fanfic and fanart, but also poetry, nail art, handlettering in a conlang, recipes, mixtapes, memes, knitting guides, dioramas, fake movie posters, home decoration, photos of your figurines' adventures, bookbinding, etc.
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Hello, second half of the year! And with it, our July 2026 Flip It event has arrived!
Take one of your own works, or a fanwork of someone who has publicly stated[*] that they allow remixes. Create something new based on it, specifically from a different point of view.
That could be an opposing character or bystander experiencing the same events, someone in the future looking back on the events of the original, art from a different angle, switching from omniscient to limited narrator (or vice versa), ...
[* You can check the FPS List for authors in your fandom that allow transformative works. Carefully read the statements and follow any requests to be notified and/or credited. Orphaned or anonymous works are not fair game! Check if the original creator included a permission to transform in the tags or notes.]
We'd love to see your creations!
tumblr: #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2026 Flip It tags
AO3: Flip It 2026 collection
As a reminder of our general rules, there is no deadline to contribute, if you wonder 'Is X allowed?' the answer is probably yes, and we highly appreciate all kind of works—not just fanfic or fanart!
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️ Need even more inspiration? Check out our previous events.👀
Credit: Doppeldeutsche Spielkarten (German-suited playing cards) design from a local, out-of-business toolmaker's promo deck I inherited (seriously), photographed and stitched together by me
It is time to spread the love with our June 2026 Comment Bingo. Try and fill four in a row, column, or diagonal, or let all the creators out there know how much you appreciate them 🤍🩶🖤 and go for a full black-out!
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Brag about your progress and inspire others to follow in your footsteps! Use the #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2026 Comment Bingo tags to make your post findable.
As a reminder of our general rules, there is no deadline to contribute, if you wonder 'Is X allowed?' the answer is probably yes, and we highly appreciate all kind of works—not just fanfic or fanart!
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️ Need even more inspiration? Check out our previous events.👀
The comment prompts are listed in order of the grid (rows 1 through 4, columns A through D):
1A: user's first work
1B: a drabble (exactly 100 words)
1C: comment more than 100 words
1D: a work you have bookmarked or saved
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2A: written before canon (jossed)
2B: less than 500 hits
2C: non-fic (audio, art, poetry,meta,...)
2D: liveblog in comments
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3A: quote your favorite sentence
3B: a genre or trope you've never read before
3C: first comment on work
3D: one of oldest 20 works in a fandom or ship
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4A: anonymous work
4B: describe how it made you feel
4C: an old fandom of yours
4D: by user with less than 10 works
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Credit:
background image by Eva Bronzini @ pexels.com
heart vector by kjpargeter @ freepik
Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere and with it my love of pastels 😎 Hi and hello at our Mix 'n' Match event in May 2026.
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Pick one prompt from each of the three columns, and use all three within your work. You've got two themes to choose from: the Date Mix for all your romantic needs, and the Crack Mix if you really want to challenge yourself by combining things that seemingly have nothing to do with each other.
Share your creations!
tumblr: #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2026 Mix 'n' Match tags
AO3: Mix 'n' Match 2026 collection
As a reminder of our general rules, there is no deadline to contribute, if you wonder 'Is X allowed?' the answer is probably yes, and we highly appreciate all kind of works—not just fanfic or fanart!
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️ Need even more inspiration? Check out our previous events.👀
Date Mix
first column: theme park, petting zoo, jazz club, river bank, karaoke bar
second column: waiter brings wrong food, eavesdropper butts in, taunting rival, passerby drops money, ex on their own date
third column: fiddling with jewelry, mirroring, smoothing clothes, pressing lips together, blocking eyes
Crack Mix
first column: hay, kibble, mealworms, algae, sunflower seeds
second column: gravity, speed of light, magnetism, Doppler effect, momentum
third column: hairstylist, nurse, tailor, tattoo artist, travel agent
Credit: floral accent and divider vectors by bluelela @ freepik
The challenge of our April 2026 event is somewhat of a personal highlight: creating something in real life!
We reiterate on every event that all kinds of works—not just fanfic—are highly appreciated, but this month, it's all about the physical. About getting in touch with your fandom, if you'll excuse the pun. Knit, cut, glue, cook, mold, position something to honor your fandom or fandom culture at large.
Also for this event, the theme is only a suggestion, but you'll get special brownie points if you manage to incorporate:
Opposites
Whether it's contrasting temperatures, elements, colors, celestial bodies, flavors,... let your imagination run wild.
Definitely brag about what you made! Use the #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2026 Get Physical tags to make your post findable.
As a reminder of our general rules, there is no deadline to contribute, if you wonder 'Is X allowed?' the answer is probably yes, and this time around, we require works to not be purely digital! (That also means traditional media art like paint on canvas, pencil on paper, are fine.)
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️ Need even more inspiration? Check out our previous events.👀
Credits: stock photography by Aleksandar Pasaric, Skyler Ewing, Beyzaa Yurtkuran, Tolga Ardıç @ pexels.com
For our March 2026 event we're back with a good old-fashioned Prompt Meme, where we get to lean back and you get to make up the prompts!
This event is all about being there for each other. From small acts of kindness to big fundraisers, there in a moment of need or volunteering regularly. Has your character gotten themselves in a tight spot and asks for help? Would they lend a hand to a friend or stranger?
Submit up to three ideas via the prompt form on AO3
Browse through all submitted prompts to claim and/or fill them
If you post on tumblr instead, use the #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2026 Prompt Meme tags to make your post findable.
As a reminder of our general rules, there is no deadline to contribute, if you wonder 'Is X allowed?' the answer is probably yes, and we highly appreciate all kind of works—not just fanfic or fanart!
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️ Need even more inspiration? Check out our previous events.👀
Credits:
heart vector by kjpargeter @ freepik
hands vector by freepik @ freepik
Our February 2026 event calls for the Best Of🏆🏅Dig through your bookmarks and share your recommendations!
This month's themes are rare and obscure - shine the spotline on works for rare pairings, underused characters, virtually unknown or long dead fandoms, works for a canon that is hard to come by, but you can also highlight a unique take on a popular trope or a fanwork medium you've never seen before.
For example, one of the coolest unusual mediums I've ever seen is the microbial art by Кессен for a Fandom Kombat challenge.
(Our rule of thumb for "rare" is 50 works total on AO3, or in case of now-dead fandoms no more than 5 new works in the past year.)
Love someone's work? Scream it from the rooftops! Self-promotion? Of course. Glazing your friends? Definitely!
tumblr: #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2026 Best Of tags
AO3: Best Of 2026 collection (on your bookmark of the work, select this collection in the "Add to collections" field)
As a reminder of our general rules, there is no deadline to contribute, if you wonder 'Is X allowed?' the answer is probably yes, and we highly appreciate all kind of works—not just fanfic or fanart!
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️ Need even more inspiration? Check out our previous events.👀
✨🎶The new year has arrived and with it our January 2026 event: a bingo card with prompts, for you to try and fill four in a row, column, or diagonal.
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All prompts are taken from song lyrics—speaking of anger, love, sadness and hope—to be used as titles of your work and as inspiration for its content.
We'd love to see your creations!
tumblr: #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2026 Creator's Bingo tags
AO3: Creator's Bingo 2026 collection
As a reminder of our general rules, there is no deadline to contribute, if you wonder 'Is X allowed?' the answer is probably yes, and we highly appreciate all kind of works—not just fanfic or fanart!
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️ Need even more inspiration? Check out our previous events.👀
The prompts are listed in order of the grid (rows 1 through 4, columns A through D) and link to youtube videos of the songs they are from. Note that the songs are in the genres of hard rock, hardcore, and nu metal.
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1A: There's a fine line between love and hate / And I don't mind / Just let me say that I like that
(Breaking Benjamin - Diary of Jane)
1B: Nothing / Can stand in our way / If our hearts are aflame
(Blessed By a Broken Heart - Don't Stop)
1C: I mourn for those who never knew you
(Killswitch Engage - Rose of Sharyn)
1D: And I will find a way / Everything you are I will betray
(Stone Sour - Made of Scars)
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2A: I'm sure of your ability / To become my perfect enemy
(A Perfect Circle - Passive)
2B: You'll speak in tongues and you will feel your heart race
(Eagles of Death Metal - Speaking in Tongues)
2C: armed to the teeth with ways to kill the pain
(BoySetsFire - (10) And Counting)
2D: I was high above you / Till the shadows began to call
(Chevelle - An Evening with El Diablo)
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3A: I'm no hero and I'm not made of stone
(Five Finger Death Punch - Wrong Side of Heaven)
3B: We'll fight like sharks, we'll fight like dogs
(Enter Shikari - OK Time for Plan B)
3C: 'Cause if the world stops turning / Our love will keep on burning
(Alexisonfire - World Stops Turning)
3D: I'll turn falling into flying
(Emil Bulls - Levitate)
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4A: Make my life worth something more
(Sevendust - Waffle)
4B: All these words that I could never say / I just let them slip away
(Lostprophets - 4am Forever)
4C: You've woken up the demon in me
(Disturbed - Down with the Sickness)
4D: Opposite sides of this coin, try both sides / I'm yours, you're mine
(The Butterfly Effect - Perception Twin)
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Credit: background image by Edward Eyer @ pexels.com
Hi! Memory Lane and Timeline Shenigans... can be... an 2012 alternative timeline of Marvel?
I'm asking for a friend
XD Absolutely, alternate timelines fall well within that theme. Marvel canon is large enough that the shenanigans are often spread across the entirety of it rather than a single movie/comic/etc, but I'd definitely still count them. I hope you have fun with it!!
Would the first six Star Wars movies count for the Memory Lane timeline shenanigans theme, given the 4-5-6-1-2-3 release order? Or is that too much of a technicality?
😂 oh, the lovely mess that are Star Wars canon time-/plotlines.
Really, if you can make an argument for it to yourself, it absolutely counts. Have fun with the thirteen-and-something hours of a rewatch marathon that you just signed yourself up for! 😵😆
As the year wraps up 🎆 it's the perfect time to look back and rediscover an old favorite and joining our December 2025 Memory Lane event:
Pick an old piece of media/entertainment that fits the theme
Watch/read/play/listen to the canon again
Spread the love by doing a little something for it
Whatever you pick should prominently feature either:
Timeline Shenanigans — time travel, time loops, non-linear or reverse narration, alternate timelines,... or
Water — lakes, oceans, rivers, rain or snow, floods, tsunamis, ice, clouds,...
"Old" is relative. Try to pick something that is at least half as old as you.
These rules only have to match a part of canon, like a TV show's episode or the premiere of a specific theater production.
For example, if you're 22, look for something that's 11+ years old. That qualifies the early seasons of Supernatural, and episode 1x03 is set around a lake.
Engage, Share, Lure in others
Rewatching is fun, but we want to give your old fav a boost and pspspsps even more fans! And there's so much to do, even apart from classic fanfic/fanart—here some ideas to get you started:
Liveblog throughout
Write meta about it
Share your favorite headcanons
Collect weird/fun statistics about it
Make screencaps or gifs or vids of your favorite scenes, or go on a reblog spree
Expand a wikipedia or fanlore article about it, or help its fandom.com wiki
Put together a primer about the fandom, a character, or a 'ship
Create a reference, like a fantasy world's map or timeline chart
Definitely brag about what you made! Use the #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2025 Memory Lane tags to make your post findable.
As a reminder of our general rules, this is a standing invitation to walk down memory lane, even if it's not December (or 2025) anymore.
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️
Need even more inspiration? Check out our previous events.👀
Credit:
brick wall image by marina @ pexels.com
car vector by freepik @ freepik
Even though I haven’t participated yet I want you to know how happy I am to have found this blog!! ❤️ the world needs more multifandom events!
thank you!! 💖🤗 I hope one day you can join the fun. btw December's event is specifically geared towards non-creators! (as are February, June, and October)
🤗 Get your feelgood fluff on at our Spoiled for Choice event of 2025, featuring a long list of prompts - 40 in total. Pick freely, as few or as many as you like, there are no special rules here.
The prompts are all expressions of intimacy—through words or actions, to support and appreciate each other—grouped together roughly for readability.
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We'd love to see your creations!
tumblr: #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2025 Spoiled for Choice tags
AO3: Spoiled for Choice 2025 collection
As a reminder of our general rules, there is no deadline to contribute, if you wonder 'Is X allowed?' the answer is probably yes, and we highly appreciate all kind of works—not just fanfic or fanart!
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️
Need even more inspiration? Check out our previous events.👀
The prompts are:
Verbal
pet names
praise
"we"/"us"/"our"
"you make me laugh"
Emotional
asking for help
sharing a memory
talking of hopes/fears
conversations in the dark
seeing behind the mask
Quality Time
vacationing together
meeting mutual friends
companionable silence
napping on them
Intellectual
discussing morality
being their emergency contact
building furniture together
teaching them a skill
In Tune
anticipating their moves
watching each other's back
communicating without words
inside jokes
Acts of Service
brushing their hair
helping them dress
cleaning their tool/weapon
feeding their pet
bandaging their wound
Gifts
bringing their favorite
gift without monetary value
house key
sharing food
gift without occasion
Physical
ruffling their hair
leaning against each other
breathing the same air
giving them a massage
cuddling
hiding in their neck
carrying them
holding eye contact
Credit: floral accent vectors by bluelela @ freepik
Greetings and hello at the 2025 edition of our Chatterbox event! 🎉 Get ready to talk about yourself and how you pick fandoms, regardless if you're a creator, kudoser, lurker, enabler, bystander, or whichever way you're involved:
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Ask Games usually require your followers to send you asks, but since not everyone has a bunch of active mutuals, please consider yourself asked by us! Because it's fascinating to hear about people's varied approaches to and experiences with fandom. So tell us everything!
If you want your rambles to be findable (we'd love to read them!), use the #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2025-Chatterbox tags.
As a reminder of our general rules, this is a standing invitation to share your musings, even if it's not October anymore.
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️
The questions:
How do you discover a new fandom or 'ship? What attracts you to them?
Has your taste changed over time?
Are you a fandom nomad (moving from one to the next) or collector (everything all at once)?
What makes you come back to an old fandom?
Do you have a "type" for fandoms? What do they have in common?
With whom do you chat about new fandoms, and where? Do you prefer big active groups or old fandom friends?
How do you deal with fandom/ship discourse? Do you use mute/block features?
Are we allowed to combine these prompts with other events? As in, write one fic that fills one of these prompts and a prompt from a different event
Hi there! As promised, the answer's going to be YES, absolutely. First and foremost because it's your fic, to write as you please ❤️
If you want to follow the format of Three Things, you can try to combine three of these prompts with any prompts from other events. But what's a stimulating challenge for one person can be stifling for the next. So even if you pick only one off this list, you're still welcome to tag #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2025-ThreeThings (or use the AO3 collection), because the event was still a source of inspiration, and that's what it's here for.
Welcome to our very first event! 🥳🍾 It's the 2025 edition of a Three Things prompt list:
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We'd love to see your creations!
tumblr: #fandomwithbenefits and #FwB2025-ThreeThings tags
AO3: Three Things 2025 collection
As a reminder of our general rules, there is no deadline to contribute, if you wonder 'Is X allowed?' the answer is probably yes, and we highly appreciate all kind of works—not just fanfic or fanart!
If you have any questions or feedback, drop us an Ask or a DM! ❤️
The prompts:
a bare wall
a geometric design
a donation box
a heartfelt embrace
a potted plant
a digital novel
a beloved keepsake
a paid debt
a light backpack
a deliberate touch
a relaxing moment
a tidy desk
a wooden chair
a neutral color
a bright room
a home-cooked meal
a gentle kiss
a pleasant scent
a dark blush
a warm blanket
a deep stretch
a comfortable silence
a borrowed tool
a steaming mug of tea
Pick three things from the prompt list and use them together in a work.
You don't have to use the exact words, but the reference/allusion to the prompt must be clear.
(btw the overarching theme for this prompt list is Minimalism, but that doesn't need to influence your work at all. We just like having themes.)
Credit: floral accent vectors by bluelela @ freepik
Have you ever wanted to join a fandom event, but all the rules seemed scary? The deadlines were way too close? Maybe you weren't sure if you'd be consistently productive and didn't want to disappoint anyone?
"Fandom with Benefits" allows you to have a low-commitment relationship with our monthly events. There are very few rules, and no deadlines, ever.
Every month an event and its theme/prompts are revealed:
Detailed descriptions will be part of the event's post.
The first event will launch on September 1, 2025!
FAQ behind the readmore ↓
How do I post something for the event?
Share your creations on AO3, tumblr, or link to what you've shared on another platform (pillowfort, dreamwidth, etc).
On AO3, add your work—or a bookmark of it—to the event's collection.
On tumblr, use both the general #fandomwithbenefits hashtag, and the specific event's hashtag to make sure people can find your post.
Collection links and hashtags will be included in the monthly event's posts. There's no deadline to post to them; it doesn't have to be in the month or even in the year the event was revealed.
We won't be reblogging works here. This space is to find inspiration, not entertainment :)
What are the rules, precisely?
These events are open to all fandoms, all 'ships, any content and rating, as long as it's allowed to be posted on tumblr/AO3. Keep the platform's TOS in mind and remember to tag your works appropriately! Nobody likes to be jumpscared by something they're not into, and it makes your work findable by those who are into it.
There are no size limits, or requirements for the work to be complete or polished. You decide when to share it.
Every event remains open indefinitely. If you come across a three-year old prompt that gets your creativity going—awesome!
Any medium and form is welcome, too! Let the prompts inspire you not only to fanfic and fanart, but also poetry, nail art, handlettering in a conlang, recipes, mixtapes, memes, knitting guides, dioramas, fake movie posters, home decoration, photos of your figurines' adventures, bookbinding, etc.
Credit:
Blog avatar designed with lettering.org
Blog banner image by fabianwiktor @ pexels.com
all graphics designed with inkscape
