FFVIII Bingo

Prompt cards for FFVIII lovers!

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FFVIII Bingo closes.

Hey everyone. This is a sad, but long-overdue announcement. Unfortunately, FFVIII Bingo hasn't been sparking interest for months now, and I think the event has run its course. I'm sure I could have done better maintaining it, and I'm sorry I didn't; unfortunately, the kinda rough patch I had to go through from March to September didn't help, and my energy simply wasn't in this. For that, I am sorry.

So, no new cards can be requested, and no mini-cards will be published in the future. The cards already issued can be used however you want, and the AO3 collection will stay open and available for anyone who still has to finish their cards. If new fanworks come up through those, I'll surely reblog them, but that's it.

Thank you to anyone who took part in the bingo throughout the months, and to anyone who shared the posts. It meant a lot, and it was fun while it lasted.

[quiettekiyet]

The world needs a Final Fantasy 8 fanzine

[rubybahamut]

Ok, hear me out:

Let's do this? I am really SERIOUS about this!

What about a FFVIII zine?

Boyaaakaaaa!

Whatever...

Voting ended onJan 29

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September event: Ultimecia's Week - September 24th - September 30th

September is for our elusive main villain: Ultimecia!

The prompt list

Last year, there was no Ultimecia's week, but I added a "2025" prompt anyway: Time won't wait!

ORIGINAL PROMPT LIST

Time Kompression

Junction Machine Ellone

Possessing Edea

Griever

Rinoa’s Mind

Castle

Art Gallery

Kurse All SeeD!

Remember your Childhood

Free Choice!

NEW PROMPT LIST

2025: Time Won't Wait

The creative marathon

To celebrate Ultimecia, we'll have a creative marathon running on September 21st on our discord server!

In the special channel #creative-marathon we will cheer on each other with writing and drawing sprints to celebrate the character and give the final push for all your creative efforts!

Submissions

Prompts can be claimed and fullfilled through the AO3 prompt meme challenge that you can find here. You can start posting on September 24th. Please tag @ffviiicharacterweek and/or use the hashtag #ffviiicharacterweek on Tumblr so I can reblog you! ONLY if you're not on AO3, please fill in this form too, so I am sure I won't lose your submission. If you need an AO3 invite to join the challenge, please let me know, I still have a couple of those.

And remember: HAVE FUN, AND SHARE THE LOVE!

[ffviiibingo]

[RANDOM MONTHLY CARD] September 2025

If an entire bingo card looks like too much work, why don't you adopt one random monthly card? Five prompts only, free interpretation. Wanna try?

September 2025 prompts:

What an easy life it must be, just to follow orders…

Covered in Gunge

True companions

It represents my hatred towards Deling.

Calling yourself a captain is a joke.

[ffviiicharacterweek]

August event: Squall Leonhart's Week - August 25th - August 31st

In August, we celebrate our moody broody Commander: Squall Leonhart!

The prompt list

All prompts from last year can be used, and there's also a new prompt for 2025: Silence!

ORIGINAL PROMPT LIST

Lone Wolf

Whatever

Commander

Griever

The Sorceress Knight

Promise

Scar

Sis

Triple Triad

Free Choice!

NEW PROMPT LIST

2025: Silence

The creative marathon

To celebrate Squall, we'll have a creative marathon running on August 23rd on our discord server!

In the special channel #creative-marathon we will cheer on each other with writing and drawing sprints to celebrate the character and give the final push for all your creative efforts!

Submissions

Prompts can be claimed and fullfilled through the AO3 prompt meme challenge that you can find here. You can start posting on August 25th. Please tag @ffviiicharacterweek and/or use the hashtag #ffviiicharacterweek on Tumblr so I can reblog you! ONLY if you're not on AO3, please fill in this form too, so I am sure I won't lose your submission. If you need an AO3 invite to join the challenge, please let me know, I still have a couple of those.

And remember: HAVE FUN, AND SHARE THE LOVE!

[ffviiibingo]

[RANDOM MONTHLY CARD] August 2025

If an entire bingo card looks like too much work, why don't you adopt one random monthly card? Five prompts only, free interpretation. Wanna try?

August 2025 prompts:

Master of Disguise

Cool Sword

...I'm glad you're so excited.

Trepies forever, baby

We've got a war to fight.

[ffviiicharacterweek]

July Event: Selphie Tilmitt's Character Week - July 25th - 31st

In July we're going to celebrate our bubbly Messenger Girl/Pilot/Explosive Expert: Selphie Tilmitt!

The prompt list

All prompts from last year can be used, and there's also a new prompt for 2025: Irvy!

ORIGINAL PROMPT LIST

Transfer Student

Dream Band

Garden festival

First Guardian Force

Trabia

Sir Laguna

Special Magic

Garden Website

Timber Maniacs Collector

Free Choice!

NEW PROMPT LIST

2025: Irvy

The creative marathon

To boost our fanworks production, we’ll have a creative marathon running on July 25th on our discord server!

In the special channel #creative-marathon we will cheer on each other with writing and drawing sprints to celebrate the character and give the final push for all your creative efforts! Join the server and grab your marathon role!

Submissions

From this character week onward, prompts can be claimed and fullfilled through the AO3 prompt meme challenge that you can find here. You can start posting on July 25th. Please tag @ffviiicharacterweek and/or use the hashtag #ffviiicharacterweek on Tumblr so I can reblog you! ONLY if you're not on AO3, please fill in this form too, so I am sure I won't lose your submission. If you need an AO3 invite to join the challenge, please let me know, I still have a couple of those.

And remember: HAVE FUN, AND SHARE THE LOVE!

[ffviiicharacterweek]

Good morning everyone, and happy Selphie's week!

Posting starts today, so head over to AO3 (or your site of choice) and share your fanworks. can't wait to read/see/listen to them!

[ffviiicharacterweek]

July Event: Selphie Tilmitt's Character Week - July 25th - 31st

In July we're going to celebrate our bubbly Messenger Girl/Pilot/Explosive Expert: Selphie Tilmitt!

The prompt list

All prompts from last year can be used, and there's also a new prompt for 2025: Irvy!

ORIGINAL PROMPT LIST

Transfer Student

Dream Band

Garden festival

First Guardian Force

Trabia

Sir Laguna

Special Magic

Garden Website

Timber Maniacs Collector

Free Choice!

NEW PROMPT LIST

2025: Irvy

The creative marathon

To boost our fanworks production, we’ll have a creative marathon running on July 25th on our discord server!

In the special channel #creative-marathon we will cheer on each other with writing and drawing sprints to celebrate the character and give the final push for all your creative efforts! Join the server and grab your marathon role!

Submissions

From this character week onward, prompts can be claimed and fullfilled through the AO3 prompt meme challenge that you can find here. You can start posting on July 25th. Please tag @ffviiicharacterweek and/or use the hashtag #ffviiicharacterweek on Tumblr so I can reblog you! ONLY if you're not on AO3, please fill in this form too, so I am sure I won't lose your submission. If you need an AO3 invite to join the challenge, please let me know, I still have a couple of those.

And remember: HAVE FUN, AND SHARE THE LOVE!

[ffviiibingo]

[RANDOM MONTHLY CARD] July 2025

If an entire bingo card looks like too much work, why don't you adopt one random monthly card? Five prompts only, free interpretation. Wanna try?

[ffviiicharacterweek]

are you still interested in the characters' weeks?

Yes! please continue!

nah, not really

don't really care either way

Voting ended onJun 6, 2025

[ffviiibingo]

Team Competition: the winner!

(ps ps... this should have been done at the beginning of the year, but since nobody published anything in these months, I decided to close the team competition for 2024 now. Sorry!)

The Team Competition is now closed, and I'm happy to announce that the winner is...

Thanks to @pinnadraws for the wonderful image! The Island Closest to Heaven team won with 83936 points, almost double the points gathered by the Island Closest to Hell team!

So, congratulations to @angelosearch, @aleheartilly, @tr1ck5, and @marmolita, the users who contributed to the team's score with their stories.

A special mention for @gardengalwrites, who single-handedly fought for team Island Closest to Hell, gathering 44613 points!

The new team competition will start on June 1st, 2025, so stay tuned (especially if you wanna win this cute award by Pinna!)

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Seifer Almasy/Xu Characters: Seifer Almasy, Xu (Final Fantasy VIII) Additional Tags: Swearing, Seifer Almasy Being An Asshole, Unrequited Hate, Strong Female Characters, Roughness, Sleep Deprivation Summary:

Xu is stuck with an aggravating recurring assignment. Sometimes, the strangest sparks ignite when no one’s watching. Written for the FFVIII OTP Festival with the prompt “Unexpected, unusual and/or unsettling attraction.”

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Irvine Kinneas/Selphie Tilmitt Characters: Irvine Kinneas, Selphie Tilmitt Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Rain, Day At The Beach, Memory Related, Irvine Being Slightly Pervy As Is Tradition, Scents & Smells Summary:

When a beach date is cut short by a storm, Irvine reminisces about rain.

FFVIII OTP Festival.

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April Event: Fujin and Raijin's Week - April 24th - April 30th

Welcome to April event: it's time to shower with love Fujin and Raijin!

The prompt list

Fujin & Raijin didn't have their own week last year, so I decided to skip the bonus prompt and directly add a 2025 one: Fishing!

Note: you can use both characters in your fanworks, or just one of them if you prefer. It's up to you!

ORIGINAL PROMPT LIST

Eyepatch

Posse

RAGE!

Disciplinary Committee

Pandemona

Balamb City Siege

Underdog

Thunder

Friend Loyalty

Goodbye, Pupurun

NEW PROMPT LIST

2025: Fishing

The creative marathon

To boost our fanworks production, we’ll have a creative marathon running on April 25th on our discord server!

In the special channel #creative-marathon we will cheer on each other with writing and drawing sprints to celebrate the character and give the final push for all your creative efforts! Join the server and grab your marathon role!

Submissions

Submissions can be posted in the AO3 collection (you can find it here) and on tumblr starting April 24th, by tagging @ffviiicharacterweek and/or using the hashtag #ffviiicharacterweek. Starting with this event, please fill in this form too, so I am sure I won't lose your submission.

And remember: HAVE FUN, AND SHARE THE LOVE!

[ffviiicharacterweek]

Today's the creative marathon begins! Jump in our discord server to join in :)

[ffviiicharacterweek]

April Event: Fujin and Raijin's Week - April 24th - April 30th

Welcome to April event: it's time to shower with love Fujin and Raijin!

The prompt list

Fujin & Raijin didn't have their own week last year, so I decided to skip the bonus prompt and directly add a 2025 one: Fishing!

Note: you can use both characters in your fanworks, or just one of them if you prefer. It's up to you!

ORIGINAL PROMPT LIST

Eyepatch

Posse

RAGE!

Disciplinary Committee

Pandemona

Balamb City Siege

Underdog

Thunder

Friend Loyalty

Goodbye, Pupurun

NEW PROMPT LIST

2025: Fishing

The creative marathon

To boost our fanworks production, we’ll have a creative marathon running on April 25th on our discord server!

In the special channel #creative-marathon we will cheer on each other with writing and drawing sprints to celebrate the character and give the final push for all your creative efforts! Join the server and grab your marathon role!

Submissions

Submissions can be posted in the AO3 collection (you can find it here) and on tumblr starting April 24th, by tagging @ffviiicharacterweek and/or using the hashtag #ffviiicharacterweek. Starting with this event, please fill in this form too, so I am sure I won't lose your submission.

And remember: HAVE FUN, AND SHARE THE LOVE!

[ffviiibingo]

FFVIII OTP FESTIVAL - March-September 2025

Welcome to the combined event for FFVIII Character Week and FFVIII Bingo: the FFVIII OTP Festival!

The event takes place exclusively on AO3, which means you need an account to be able to submit your prompts, claim them, and create fanworks dedicated to your OTP - whichever it is!

The Festival has basically two phases:

signups: until March 31st, you can submit your prompts (up to 50 per user!) using the feature on AO3. Your prompts can be generic, to allow wider interpretations, or pairing-specific - in this case, please use the appropriate relationship tag.

fanworks submission: you can claim prompts and submit your fanworks until September 30th.

On AO3, you can already find 50 generic prompts to start things up.

And remember: always have fun!

[ffviiibingo]

One week left to submit prompts!

Remember:

you can submit prompts only through AO3

you can submit generic prompts

you can submit pairing-specific prompts: in this case please use the correct relationship tag

you can submit up to 50 prompts

don't delete your signup unless you want to delete ALL the prompts you sent!

prompts can be claimed by more than one person at a time

you can claim your own prompt if you want to

have fun!

[ffviiibingo]

FFVIII OTP FESTIVAL - March-September 2025

Welcome to the combined event for FFVIII Character Week and FFVIII Bingo: the FFVIII OTP Festival!

The event takes place exclusively on AO3, which means you need an account to be able to submit your prompts, claim them, and create fanworks dedicated to your OTP - whichever it is!

The Festival has basically two phases:

signups: until March 31st, you can submit your prompts (up to 50 per user!) using the feature on AO3. Your prompts can be generic, to allow wider interpretations, or pairing-specific - in this case, please use the appropriate relationship tag.

fanworks submission: you can claim prompts and submit your fanworks until September 30th.

On AO3, you can already find 50 generic prompts to start things up.

And remember: always have fun!