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It's that time of year where I do one of my most favorite things and host a writing event for you all. ♡ In 2024 I hosted a cafe themed writing challenge, and in 2025 I hosted a cinema themed writing challenge. This year, as you can see by the title, I am hosting an arcade themed one!! 👾⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊ I hope you're all ready to join me on one of the three different prompt games I've provided for this event! ♡♡
Just like other years, I have provided a multitude of prompts for you to choose and gain inspiration from! ♡ However, unlike other years where I just list off some prompts for inspiration, this year I'm giving you all prompts with a gamified twist that involves a generator, a wheel, a little game of Elixir's Hold 'Em, and an Elixir's Arcade Bingo. You can find the detailed explanations for each game below the cut!
This writing challenge starts today and closes on April 8th, national arcade day! The bingo game in itself encourages multiple entries, so I want to give everyone plenty of time to sign up for it and have time to write! (However, like all of my other writing challenges, if you see this anytime later or can’t make the deadline do not fret, if anything below inspires you, you are welcome to write and tag me so I can read it and add your submission to the masterlist ♡)
Below are the rules, prompts, and guidelines ♡
who you can write for: characters from the following are accepted -> marvel, top gun maverick, superman 2025, twisters 2024, and the pitt.
(please keep it to x reader fics only!!)
some general guidelines: to join this challenge, you must participate in one of three prompt games provided below. But don't worry, they range from a game with more freedom and choice in case you'd like full control of the prompts you get and choose, to a game where I am the one who "chooses" the prompts for you with a game of bingo :) All the full details will be in the descriptions of each game! ♡
18+ fics are welcome, but please add warnings! Entries are not limited, you are welcome to submit as many entries as you'd like! Any length of fics are welcome, but if it’s over 500 words please add the “keep reading” option. If you write something as part of a bigger series, please write your submission as a standalone ♡
what is not accepted: no dark fics, anything involving minors, incest (including stepcest), rape, noncon/dubcon... (for any questions on these guidelines, feel free to send me an ask or message)
how to enter: please tag me and use #elixirsarcade when you post ♡ due to some confusion last year, I decided to add an extra step so everyone who submits an entry will be able to see if I saw their entry yet or not! This year, not only will I leave a like from my main blog saturnsflowers, but I will also reblog your entry to my personal to be read side blog elixirs-bookshelf, to keep it safe until I get a chance to read it! I love reading and leaving comments on all submissions, so please be patient with me if I don't get to yours right away! If after a few days I haven’t interacted with your post, but I have been active on here, then please send me an ask or message to let me know in case I missed it! Thank you! ♡♡♡
Happy writing! My inbox is always open for any questions!! ♡
A Game Of Chance ⚔⊹ ࣪ ˖
For this game, I created a wheel of AU's & Tropes and a random generator of dialogue & scenario prompts for you to play with freely until inspiration hits! There are over 180 AU's & Tropes and over 200 dialogue and scenario prompts that you can land on!
This game is a free for all, so feel free to spin the wheel and generate prompts to your hearts content! You can mix and match and use an many AU's, tropes, and prompts you'd like. Seriously, this game is on the relaxed side, so you can take your time on finding what inspires you! ♡
Wheel of AU's & Tropes
Generator of Dialogue & Scenario Prompts
Whatever prompts you decide to use, please let me know somewhere in your fic, you'll be playing A Game Of Chance and what the wheel or generator or both gave you! It helps me greatly when making the masterlist! Thank you! ♡
Elixir's Hold 'Em 🃜🃚🃖🃁🂭🂺
If you're looking at both the wheel and the generator and you're thinking you have no idea where to start, then Elixir's Hold 'Em might be the game for you!
For this game, you will use the same wheel and generator provided for this writing challenge, but instead of spinning the wheel and generating prompts freely, below you'll find a more guided and structured list of prompt combinations for you to choose from. That way you still have control over what you pick, but you also have a bit more of a guideline to follow to help you make a decision! ♡
And of course!!! If at any point you get any AU, trope, or prompt that you are not comfortable writing, please disregard it, you do not have to write any kind of prompt that you are uncomfortable with!!
Prompt Combinations ⋆˙⟡♡
High Card: spin the wheel once and press the prompt generator once
wheel + generator = high card
Pair: spin the wheel twice
wheel + wheel = pair
Two Pairs: spin the wheel twice and press the prompt generator twice
wheel + wheel + generator + generator = two pairs
Three of a Kind: spin the wheel three times
wheel + wheel + wheel = three of a kind
Straight: press the generator twice
generator + generator = straight
Flush: press the generator three times
generator + generator + generator = flush
Full House: spin the wheel three times and press the prompt generator twice
wheel + wheel + wheel + generator + generator = full house
Four of a Kind: spin the wheel four times
wheel + wheel + wheel + wheel = four of a kind
Straight Flush: spin the wheel twice until it gives you one AU and one trope, plus press the generator until it gives you a dialogue prompt
Royal Flush: spin the wheel twice until it gives you one AU and one trope, plus press the generator twice until it gives you one dialogue prompt and one scenario prompts
Whatever combination you end up choosing, please let me know somewhere in your fic, you'll be playing Elixir's Hold 'Em and what combination suit you went with along with the prompts you were given by the wheel, generator, or both! It helps me greatly when making the masterlist! Thank you! ♡
Elixir's Arcade Bingo ❻❼❾❿
Now, if you're looking at both games above and think it's just not enough of a challenge for you and you'd like something a bit more structured with an element of surprise, then maybe my game of bingo is for you!!
For this game, I will be making you either a fully unique bingo card with 24 total prompts with 12 coming from the wheel and 12 coming from the prompt generator, or one unique bingo row with 4 total prompts with 2 coming from the wheel and 2 coming from the prompt generator (or 4 for 4, 3 and 1, we can discuss this).
Once I make your card for you, you are free to complete a bingo in any way you'd like—diagonal, horizontal row, vertical row, four corners, etc. As long as you have completed a bingo somewhere, then you have completed the challenge! However, if the bingo card inspires you so much to do multiple bingos or a full card or any other number beyond that first bingo, please be my guest and have fun writing more! ♡
Now, as this challenge is open to multiple fandoms, you can combine, mix and match, and write for all the characters that you'd like to for a bingo card or row. You don't have to stick to writing a different fic for every bingo square you'd like to fill. You are free to choose as many prompt squares as you'd like for one fic or many. You also don't have to write for only one character for this bingo. For example, if one prompt square inspires you to write a Bucky Barnes fic, another one for Jack Abbott, and another two squares inspire you to write a Clark Kent fic, then that is more than perfectly fine! If anything, it's encouraged! ♡
To sign up for this game, you will have to contact me directly so that I can make the bingo card for you! ♡ You can either directly message me on this blog, or you can leave a comment on this post that you're interested in the bingo and I will reach out to you through DM. If I'm slow to respond, my apologies, it just means I'm probably busy with work, but I will get back to you as soon as possible!!
All I ask of you for this game is to please make your own masterlist for the bingo card, so you can tag me in it and I can find all of your entries easily with the listed prompts! It'll help me greatly when making the collective masterlist! Thank you! ♡
If you have any questions about any one of the games or any other part of this writing challenge, please don't hesitate to ask me via my inbox or by sending me a message!
to my lovely mutuals, please don’t feel pressured to participate or share, just thought I’d share this with you all ♡
Hey Ez! Just wanted to check up on you and see how you were doing? Hope all is well. 💕 Also, just wanted to let you know that I love your new blog aesthetic!
Hello! Thanks so much! I figured, new year, new theme. 😂 I am doing well. I’m hoping to be a lot more active on here and hopefully post some more writing. I’ve got a lot of stuff on my tbr both here and physical books. I’ve also got tons of ideas I want to sit down and write. Sorry for being MIA for so long, it was rough end of year. But those vibes have been left in 2025. Thanks for checking in. 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
a/n: I want to preface this by saying that yes, I do have envisioned a Mexican-American!reader. I do have this tagged as x reader because it’s all I write, but I needed to get this out of my head. This hits extremely close to home and I know that it will resonate with others. I also know that it’s not just Mexican immigrants that are in danger, but it seems that they are the main target. I know that it’s women, the LGBTQIA+ community, the African American community along with other minorities, our reproductive rights, and so many more that are in danger for the next coming years. I want everyone who sees this to know that this is a safe space for anyone who needs it. I will be here until someone physically comes to remove me. Also, hate will have no place on this blog or any of my other blogs.We all need a place of solace and I want this blog to be one of them. So in conclusion, I will continue to do what I do best, that is to bring all of my favorite characters into everything I do. I will continue to write and post in hopes that it helps someone make it through their day. At the end of the day, we all cope in our own ways, and this is how I cope.
cw: talks of recent political developments
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Bucky rolls over on his side and snuggles deeper into his pillow. Inhaling deeply, he can smell the scent of the freshly washed pillow case.
It reminds him of you.
So when he reaches out to wrap an arm around you, and all he finds an empty spot where you should be, he opens his eyes. He sits up and turns on the table lamp beside him. It takes his eyes a few seconds to adjust.
Sure enough, you weren’t there.
Bucky looks to the bathroom and sees that the door is open and the light is off.
He looks at the clock on the night stand.
3:47 A.M.
It’s still too early for you to be up and gettng ready for work.
Then he hears a metal spoon make contact with the bottom of the kitchen sink followed by a quiet: “Shit.”
Bucky tosses the warm bedding away from his body and gets out of bed. He sniffs the air and catches a hint of chocolate. But not just any chocolate. Chocolate Abuelita.
It’s a smell that he deems unmistakable.
He makes his way out of your shared bedroom and down the hall.
You must’ve known you had woken him because when he rounded the corner, you were already looking at him with a remorseful look. “I knew it,” you say. “I promise I was trying to be as quiet as I could. I know you have to be up early tomorrow.”
“It’s fine. You weren’t in bed so I got worried." He rubs a hand over his face in an attempt to wipe away sleep. "What’s all this?” He asks as he looks at the pots on the stove.
“I couldn’t sleep and I really wanted a cup of Chocolate Abuelita,” you say as you continue you to stir the contents of the pot in front of you.
“And this couldn’t wait until later today?” Bucky asked before taking a seat at the kitchen island. “Also-” he reaches for the open bag of white rice and holds it up. “Last time I checked Chocolate Abuelita doesn’t have rice in it. So this leads me to assume you’re also making arroz con leche, which you only make on Christmas or my birthday.”
You look at him and let out a deep sigh. “Yeah, I’ve just been thinking about my mom the last couple days.” you stop stirring, remove the spoon and cover the pot with a lid. “I’m just worried. You know when I'm worried I cook and bake," you say with a small sigh.
Bucky immediately grows concerned. “Is she okay?”
“She’s fine. I’m just worried because of everything that’s happening.”
It takes Bucky just a second to figure out what you’re referring to.
Then it hits him.
You’d mentioned it to him when you first started dating and you introduced him to your mom.
She was undocumented.
You’d explained it after he mentioned that she didn't seem to take to him. You told him that she was weary of him and his status with the Avengers. You explained how she was fearful that he was in someway part of the law and that could lead to complications with her and her status. He begged you immediately to tell her that he wasn’t and that she didn’t have any reason to fear him or the rest of the Avengers.
With everything happening with the election, and all the shit that they were spewing, no wonder you were worried.
Bucky then hears you start to cry. This snaps him from his train of thought “Oh baby,” He rushes up from his seat and to you and wraps his arms around you. You start to sob into his chest.
“I just-” you inhale deeply “I don’t understand why they hate us so much. Why people are supporting such evil people.” You continue to cry and Bucky tries to console you as best he can. He holds you tight and cradles the back of your head as you continue to release your emotions.
“She called me crying the morning after.” You weep. “You should’ve heard her Buck. She was terrified.”
It’s killing him that there isn’t much he can do to help sooth you. He wishes that he could snap his fingers and change how things were.
“Hey,” Bucky raises a hand to cup your face. He holds your gaze, your eyes now red and puffy. “Listen to me. I am not going to let anything happen to her. I don’t care what it takes.”
“But Buck, it’s not just her. It’s me. It’s the millions of other people who look like us who are also terrified of what the next four years are going to look like. And I know that I have you, and that you’ll protect us, but what about them? Who’s going to protect them?” You cry.
“Good people. Just like they always have. I know it doesn’t seem like it now, but there are still good people in this world.” Bucky wipes away a falling tear with his thumb. “And yes, not everyone is as lucky to have a handsome super soldier like me.” He quips, causing you to let out a light laugh. “But we do still have people who are willing to fight for what is right.”
You sniffle and lay your head on his chest. “Thanks for listening, Buck.”
Bucky wraps his arms around you again, and rests his chin atop your head. “Always.”
Bucky sits with you for the rest of the morning. He lets you vent and tell him everything on your mind.
He doesn't speak.
Only listens.
And you couldn't ask for anything more.
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*** I've been sitting on this mini one shot for over a year now. Literally since November of last year, and I've been contemplating if I should post it or not. I been back and forth on the matter and worried if anyone would even read it, but then I came to a conclusion: This is MY blog. I can post whatever I want. And even if no one reads it, writing is an outlet for me. I hope that if you've made it this far you've enjoyed it I guess 😭. Please let me know your thoughts and know that my inbox is always open.
If you're receiving this, it means I enjoy your writing and appreciate you sharing it with us! To celebrate, use this as an opportunity to talk about your favorite fic(s) that you have written.Uplift yourself, and then pass this along to your favorite fic writers to uplift them!🩷
Ah! Thanks so so much! I really appreciate this!!! So sorry I’m getting to it so late. I think my favorite fic that I’ve written is Shoulder to Lean On. The way it came about and the flow that I felt while writing it was amazing! Thanks again!
sending you lots of lovely vibes my dearest Ez 🫶🏼 I hope this month has been kind to you 🩷🩷
Mel! Thanks so much for checking in! April has been kinder to me. I’m so excited to get back to writing after this weekend. I’ll be heading to the beach! 😊 Hope you’re doing great Mel! 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
You're going to see Halsey on tour this summer!!!!????!!?!?!? I'm so excited for you!!!!! Glad to see that you're doing better. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us with your writing!!!!! 💛
Hello! Thanks so much! I am going to see Halsey and I’m so excited!
