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Kinktober is a kinky October prompt challenge thatâs been running in one form or another since 2016. There are three prompts for each day in October, and the challenge is to use one (or more!) of the prompts to create something for that day. If you donât want to use any of the three daily prompts, you can swap them out for the bonus prompts at the bottom of the prompt list.
If you have any questions, check our FAQs. Unfortunately, due to personal commitments, we won't be opening our askbox for questions this year. We've made it as rules-light as possible, though, so if your question is "Can I do this?", the answer is almost certainly yes!
Prompts
Condoms â Bratting â Watersports
Orgy â Embarrassment â Bestiality
Hate Sex â Suspension Bondage â Mind Control
Body Writing â Subspace â Master/Slave
Glory Hole â Cloning/Selfcest â Body Modification
Held Down â Riding Crops â Feeding/Stuffing
Dirty Talk â Cockwarming â Aphrodisiacs
Face Sitting â Switching â Scat
Orgasm Delay/Denial â Discipline â Whips
Gentle Sex â Chains â Noncon
Age Gap â Breathplay â Religion Kink
Phone Sex â Findom â Edgeplay
Frottage â Temperature Play â Emetophilia
Strength Kink â Roleplay â Vore
Corsets â Power Imbalance â Human Furniture
Nipple Play â Conditioning â Predator/Prey
Rough Sex â Begging â Furry
Deepthroating â Rope Bondage â Transformation
Public Sex â Daddy/Mommy Kink â Cigars/Cigarettes
âtwenty thousand last meals on an exploding stationâ is a short story I read a while ago that still has one of the most unique scifi takes on transition Iâve ever seen. the protagonist has transitioned from a human to a cyborg mermaid and although people discriminate against her she loves her body and her community. also sheâs trapped in a time loop trying to eat at every restaurant on the space station before her sister rescues her
this character basically has gender euphoria from her scifi augments and now every time I read a book with a character who has extreme cyborg modifications Iâm like âbut do they like it? how does it fit with their personal image of their body? do they have a community?â
Opening the AO3 tag of a fandom which was huge in the LJ days is both wonderful and terrible because itâs always like
1. Yes this person did port most of their fic to AO3. But this fic is a sequel to one a friend of theirs wrote and that one didnât make the jump.
2. This fic is supposed to have art but wherever they were hosting the images went under years ago.
3. One of the big fandom classics made it here but there was apparently at one point more content in the LJ comments. The link is broken.
4. Everyone keeps referencing a particular ship manifesto/influential meta. Theyâre referring to it by an acronym with no links. It may still be out there but it is unfindable
5. There was apparently a whole community around one particular AU/character interpretation. A single example remains.
This is of course on top of the epic highs and lows of older fandoms in general such as
High: the person who wrote this fic is now the [redacted] award winning, New York Times bestselling author of [redacted] and it shows in the quality.
Low: otherwise fascinating AU ruined by inexplicable sidelining and/or bashing of the female characters. Author is not only explicitly aware of this bias but unrepentant.
High: the library is huge, and almost everything is complete. And if itâs not complete you can go in accepting the knowledge that it never will be completed and appreciate it for what it is
Low: âgay for youâ and âIâve never been with a man beforeâ way more prevalent than you get now (these days people can be gay or bi without crazy hoops to jump through)
High: bookmarks and collection rec lists galore. Many of them very well curated.
Low: comment etiquette was different and people seem to have been ok with others being just straight up mean and gatekeepy sometimes?
Characters snuggle contentedly, express affection (kisses, praise, encouragement, depending on the situation) and go to sleep (a classic for a good reason!)
Characters snuggle angstily or ambiguously and try but fail to go to sleep, possibly lie there together pretending to sleep but caught up in their own thoughts (a twist on the classic.)
Characters are energetic and still horny, say "give me a few minutes to recover and we'll do it again" (it's fine to leave the 'again' up to the readers' imagination).
Characters remember they have real-life obligations that they are neglecting for sex - they can say "that was fun, let's do this again sometime" and go their separate ways (friendly, casual, probably non-angsty unless there's a mismatch in expectations) or "oh no I was supposed to..." and hurry off (more abrupt, can be jarring or awkward).
Character has wistful/sad/angsty thoughts about how this will probably never happen again, or should never have happened in the first place, but it was so nice... (for added angst, all characters involved are thinking this, but don't say it to each other).
Characters express some profound realization about their relationship. This is the "I'm so glad I finally told you how I felt" or "I was afraid I'd never see you again" or "Now that we're together I never want to let you go, so let's make this serious" type of ending. Can be romantic, possessive/jealous, passionate, co-dependent, however you want to spin it.
Character realizes what a big mistake that was, or has moral compunctions that suddenly rear their head, or gets cold feet at the prospect of talking about emotions, and leaves hastily/awkwardly, leaving the other character(s) confused and probably unhappy.
Character apologizes for something they feel bad or guilty about, or admits shame (either about the sex itself, or about something else.) Can be cathartic, especially if other character(s) reassure them that it was fine and they don't have to feel bad.
A funny or poignant thought or one-liner that bookends the story and its themes.
A little post-script or coda that gives a glimpse of the characters' future. This is the option for "and they lived happily ever after", or for "although they were parted, they never stopped thinking about each other", or "after all the bad things were over, they were finally able to settle down together", or whatever works for your scenario.
(Source: me and my 338 mostly-short smut fics on AO3.)
also i found this random article from 2006 on fanlore the other day and it somehow is like one of the clearest primers iâve ever read on writing a sex scene that is not only erotic but also justâŠ. well-written and useful to the story being told. like outside of fanfic entirely i feel like this is something most professional authors should read