šš Hello and welcome to our sixth annual Flufftober šš
Every year, we're so excited to share our prompts with you and look forward to all your beautiful creations that will fill the month of October with all the fluffĀ š„° also, we're trying something new this year, so make sure to scroll all the way down and don't stop at the main list of 31 prompts or the usual list of alt prompts...š
But first things first š
š As with all our events, our standard blog rules apply, and you'll find answers to most questions on our FAQ post.
š Below the cut, you'll find the necessary posting info, all the prompts in writing, and explanations for some prompts.
š Please make sure to read the entire post! If you have any questions after that, feel free to send us an ask.
So many Prompt Extras š
šYes, we heard your plea for more alternative prompts š
š We also heard the tears of our friends in the Southern Hemisphere...
š As always, you're welcome to replace prompts from the original list for whatever reason - no explanation needed.
Remember, you can use the Prompt Extras however you like:
š to replace a prompt from the original list
š to create even more content aside from the original prompts
š mixed together to enhance one or more of the other prompts
Whichever way you use them, have fun and go wild š
You promised us something new š
Yes, we did - so welcome to the 2026 Flufftober Challenge Tasks š
We hope you like these prompts, and now
Happy Creating š„³
What's the tag to get reblogged? āļø
š The tag is #flufftober2026
Make sure there is NO SPACE between flufftober and 2026! We will NOT be checking other variations of this tag!
š It's also good to mention us: @flufftober
š We try to reblog regularly, but tumblr likes to be difficult and wonky. If you're absolutely certain a post has slipped past us, please send us an ask with the link to your post.
š Please make sure that all info is easy to find, either in the post or the tags. It takes a lot of time and energy to research every other post. So, please make sure to at least include the following very clearly:
š the day/alt/challenge prompt
š the fandom(s) (add "original work" or similar if applicable)
š the characters and/or ship(s) (add "oc" or similar if applicable)
What about the ao3 collection? š
š The collection's name is Flufftober 2026 (either as flufftober2026 or as flufftober_2026)
š Our collections will never close, so you can always add any late entries.
Deadlines are my nemesis š„¹
Don't worry, late entries are always welcome!
š Reblogs will become less regular after the event has ended.
š We will stop checking the event tag after a few months, so please make sure to tag us: @flufftober
Prompts
1. āThis is so romantic.ā - āYouāre so weird.ā
2. New Opportunities
3. Signature Move (a dance move, a gesture, etc.)
4. Season Tickets (for a sports team, a theme park, etc.)
5. Reading Nook
6. Pet Shop
7. Pass
8. Cure
9. String (of Fate)
10. āAre you sure?ā
11. Baking Together
12. Building a Winter Home for the Wildlife
13. Creating a new Playlist
14. Under the Sea or Up in the Sky
15. Watching a Game/Show/Concert
16. Practicing Together
17. āAbsolutely not!ā - āAbsolutely yes!ā
18. Herbs & Leaves
19. Group Activity
20. Flying a Kite
21. Bucket List
22. Old Love
23. Crush
24. Trust
25. Ring
26. Road Trip
27. āI hate to ask, but-ā
28. Harmless Addiction (to coffee, to a TV-show, etc.)
29. Doing something daring
30. Beach Day or Hiking Trip
31. So long, Goodbye, Farewell
Prompt Extras
Last Year's Favorites
Alt 1. Pillows, Plushies, Piles of Blankets
Alt 2. āIs that my hoodie?ā - ā... No?ā
Alt 3. Fake Relationship
Alt 4. Set up by Friends
Alt 5. Late Night Talks
Alt 6. In Vino Veritas
Alt 7. āStay?ā
Well, hello there, Southern Hemisphere!
Alt 8. Hay Fever
Alt 9. Baby Animals
Alt 10. Making Daisy Chains
Alt 11. Sun Showers & Rainbows
Alt 12. Barbecues & Baked Potatoes
Alt 13. The Scent of Freshly Cut Grass
Alt 14. Flowering Bulbs & Fruit Blossoms
Alt 15. Burning Off, Bushfire Prep, Bonfires
- Burning Off: burning the underbrush, clearing dead leaves, etc.; burning in a small, controlled way so that if/when a real fire comes in the hotter, drier summer, it won't have as much to burn.
- Bushfire Prep: is all of the above, but also things like checking your smoke detectors, making sure your telephone tree of your neighbours has all up-to-date numbers, etc.
Challenge
Use one or more prompts from this yearās list to:
C 1. Create a FIX-IT
C 2. Create something for a RARE PAIR and/or CROSSOVER SHIP
C 3. FINISH an older WIP (published or not)
C 4. Create something for a CHARACTER who deserves more love
C 5. COMBINE with a prompt from a previous year
C 6. Create something for a SHIP youāve never used before but always wanted to
I finished this incredible drama two months ago (I don't know, I have no perception of time passing) and the clearest memory I have after the last episode had reached its end, is of me crying BECAUSE WHAT THE HELL WHY WHY HURT MY LITTLE HEART THE FUCK
Anyway, not like I opened a whole another account on instagram for posting about them (initially). Why would I do such a thing?
I saw who is in it and who the writers are...got me intrigued....
What if the only way to stop a royal curse was to cross into a realm of spirits? Netflix has announced that its new Korean series The East Palace will premiere worldwide on July 17 and has unveiled the date announcement poster.
The series is a period drama laced with supernatural mystery, set where the royal palace meets a shadowy realm filled with restless spirits.
The East Palace brings together director Choi Jung-kyu (The Devil Judge, Children of Nobody) with writers Kwon Sora and Seo Jea-won, who previously crafted rich, original worlds in Bulgasal: Immortal Souls and The Guest. Their collaboration signals a new and unparalleled level of immersive storytelling.
Nam Joo-hyuk (Twenty-Five Twenty-One, Start-Up, The School Nurse Files) transforms into Gu-cheon, a man with the ability to cross the border between the real world and the Realm of Gwi (the spirit realm), cutting down spirits that stray too close to the real world.
Roh Yoon-seo (Crash Course in Romance, 20th Century Girl, Our Blues) plays Saeng-gang, the court lady in tune with the spirit world.
Cho Seung-woo (Divorce Attorney Shin, Sisyphus, Stranger) adds to the ensemble as the King who summons Gu-cheon and Saeng-gang to the East Palace, adding further weight and tension to the story.
The newly released poster teases the otherworld Gu-cheon must enter and the mystery waiting there. As Gu-cheon and Saeng-gang move between palace corridors and the borderland of the Realm of Gwi, they uncover what lies buried at the heart of the palace ā and how the past is dangerously entangled. Their uneasy partnership, sharpened by secrets on both sides, drives a story that promises chills, tension and a steadily escalating mystery.
never lose hope. somewhere, a middle-aged, gender ambiguous person with an advanced degree in an esoteric field and a fiber arts hobby could be crashing out and pinning all their remaining mental health on getting obsessed with your otp. any day now, the most elegantly written 100k fanfic you have ever read is going to hit ao3. it could happen. it has happened.
WIP Week (Work-In-Progress Week)Ā Returns in June!
WIP Week is a week dedicated to updating fanfic or other types of fanworks. Ā All fandoms are welcome to participate. Ā Original works are also accepted. Ā Please tag your entries with theĀ #wipweekĀ orĀ #wip weekĀ tag. Since multiple fandoms and ships are participating,Ā please clearly list the fandoms, ships, and content warnings in the post so that they can be properly tagged for any potential readers.
The second WIP Week of 2026 will be heldĀ June 21-27.Ā
Each day will have a theme, but you do not have to post every day. You are also not obligated to follow these themes. You can work on one fic or fanwork for the entire week if you choose. If youāre not comfortable posting full updates but still want to participate in the week, you can post your daily word count and/or a small snippet from your work. The use of AI is prohibited.
Here are the prompts for WIP Week:
June 21: Your Oldest WIP
June 22: A WIP From Your Smallest Fandom
June 23: Your WIP Closest To Completion
June 24: Your Favorite WIP
June 25: A WIP From Your Largest Fandom
June 26: Your Newest WIP
June 27: Any WIP
You can post completed/updated fanworks to the official WIP WeekĀ AO3 Collection!
Looks like I'm gonna need this. When I watch Cdramas I'm always like "I've never heard of this kingdom." And I don't know if the kingdom just has a different name for itself than what I've been taught, or it's a fictional kingdom that is a thinly veiled real one, or if it's just yet another gaping hole in Western education about world history. Yeesh.
Domaystic comes from ādomesticā + āMayā and it's a prompt event that runs throughout May with a list of 31 prompts for its 31 days. And also 5 alternatives are back. The overall theme is that of the domestic trope: anything inside, outside, beside the house or that has that normalcy flavor of everyday life.
Anyone, in their own way of expression, is welcome to use the prompts and create: fics, art, gifs, podcasts, whatever tickles your fancy, there are no restrictions. For any questions or such, the ask inbox is always open :)
Hello, all! Iām @staticmothhell, stepping in for g. to make sure we have Domaystic this year! Iāll be doing my best to run it in the same way, so you all hopefully wonāt notice too much different. The one thing is that Iāll likely be slow and/or erratic with my reblogging during May. Rest assured Iāll still be reblogging everything tagged as properly (as described below).
Thank you all for your patience with me!
-> Text prompts and more details under the cut!
Text prompts:
1. Dressing up
2. Quitting a bad habit
3. Tea or coffee
4. Unspoken message
5. Pillow fort
6. On the windowsill
7. Family recipe
8. Reassurances
9. Unlabelled container
10. Back of the closet
11. Fun-sized candy
12. Sharing
13. Cancelled trip/event
14. Startled by sudden appearance
15. Playing hooky
16. Cleaning the gutters
17. Bedridden
18. Relaxing evening
19. Play date
20. On the top shelf
21. Hair brushing
22. Being overheard
23. Stuck lock
24. New pajamas
25. Laughter
26. Getting a sitter (baby/pet/house)
27. Holding hands
28. Asking for advice
29. The next step
30. Put on hold
31. Coming home early
5 Alternatives:
A. āDon't give me that lookā
B. āDon't make me chooseā
C. āDon't tempt meā
D. āDon't stop on my accountā
E. āDon't you have something to tell me?ā
Other languages:
EspaƱol
Italiano
FranƧais
Deutsch
...and any other language anyone would like to translate the prompts into!
General rules and guidelines
All fandoms or original content are welcome.
Any kind of media is welcome.
No restrictions in ships, size, pixels, min/max word count or language.
There are a 31 prompts, one for each day of the month + 5 alternatives if needed.
If you plan to share your work, and if you want, you can add it on the 2026 AO3 collection; or, by tagging or mentioning this blog here on tumblr, I'll reblog it.
It's okay to combine more prompts together or with another event.
You donāt have to do all the prompts: do the ones you enjoy.
Domaystic runs actively throughout May; tracking #domaystic2026, mentions @domaystic, and previous years tags too; if you tag the blog on a later date, thatās fine too, I just reblog on a lower pace after May is over.
Tags to navigate the blog: tumblr post or page on blog
Tagging your tumblr post:
Mention: @domaystic or use the tag: #domaystic2026
Tell me the fandom name or if it is original content
Tell me if it is sfw or nsfw
Tell me which prompt you used if a day# or an alt#
For lengthy posts, please use the āread more optionā: ctrl-shift-k on rich text; [[*MORE*]] on html (remove asterisks)
Please, TAG PROPERLY. If there are any trigger warning, I will base my own reblog on your tags so, please, take even a moment longer to carefully tag it. I hope all participants to stay safe in this event.
Hereās an example:
This is my fic/art @domaystic!
#domaystic2026
#day1
#[altA - E if alternative prompt is used]
#[fandom name or oc]
#[sfw or nsfw]
#[trigger warnings that I get from your post] tw
AO3 collection
As with the previous years, the domaystic2026 collection will be open from May, 1st. On the profile page you'll find all the info and prompts as well.
Right now I'm working on a story in an AU. I really want to finish it up before the month is over just because the theme is peripherally relevant to earth month. Of course it's fanfic and of course it's Stranger/Secret Forest.
Yeo Jin told herself she was just an observant person, but she saw through her own lies. She noticed him. The new customer caught her eye from the moment he walked through the door and stood there as stunned as if he had come from a dark room into the light. She couldnāt miss the way he seemed to be completely drawn into the world she had tried to create in the space the bar occupied.
