Mungrove Week 2023: Prompts
You guys voted for your favorite prompts, we regrouped some of them and put them under umbrella themes we hope will inspire you all! Find out more about the themes under the cut!
Day 1: Upside Down
Hell, that's definitely what the Upside Down feels like, whether they're stuck there, trying to escape or dealing with the aftermath.
What if Eddie died and woke up in the Upside Down to a friendly (or not) face? What if Billy was stuck in the Upside Down and weird things started happening at the Munsons' trailer, almost as if someone was trying to tell Eddie something? Or maybe they got out, but the Upside Down changed them, so much that they don’t really feel human anymore...
Day 2: Touch
It's about touch: the touch that brings comfort, the touch that brings pain, the touch that brings pleasure.
It's about not knowing what to do with a gentle touch, being desperate for any kind of touch, feeling too raw and vulnerable to be touched.
Overstimulation, flying fists, finally being touched after craving it for so long, missing someone’s touch, and the touch that never came.
Day 3: Firsts
You know the saying: there’s a first time for everything.
Experiencing something for the first time together, meeting for the first time, sharing a kiss for the first time.
Sharing something with someone for the first time, like a secret or one’s favorite meal, watching the childish wonder in someone’s eye as they see the ocean for the first time.
To be someone’s first friend, first love, first heartbreak, this day is all about being number one.
Day 4: On the road
A car, loud music, a seemingly endless road, is it a road trip or is someone running away from home?
This day is about cheap motels, hitchhiking, shenanigans and misadventures; fighting over the music or the last snack, getting lost because they can’t read a map, huddling for warmth at the back of the Camaro, finding a quiet spot to spend the night after a day spent on the road; Billy accompanying Eddie on tour, or maybe they’re going for a late night drive, just the two of them, it’s kinda like a date, right?
Day 5: Stuck together
Something is connecting them, they can’t seem to be able to escape each other, they’re forced to work together.
Is it fate? They might just be meant to be together. Is it a spell, a curse, some kind of accident bonding them together? Someone might have just decided to lock them together inside a room, to pair them up for some kind of project.
The question is: are they going to fight it every step of the way or roll with it?
Day 6: H(a)unted
Things are going to get a little freaky, a little bit spooky. Ghosts, monsters, demons and other creatures of the night are on the menu this day. Maybe they’ll go ghost or monster hunting, maybe they’re the creature on the prowl; are they making a new friend or running away for their lives?
It doesn’t have to be all bad, sometimes love can be found after death, sometimes a ghost isn’t really a ghost, and the monster just needs a little bit of love.
And sometimes the thing that’s haunting them is just the past.
Day 7: Game Night
We can’t forget that Eddie is a D&D nerd and Billy a jock, and this is what day 7 is about: Dungeons and Dragons and Eddie’s last campaign, has he managed to convince Billy to join yet? That sure would surprise the Hellfire Club, but maybe not as much as if Eddie decided to go see a basketball game.
This day is also about being young, stubborn, and yeah, a little bit stupid too; what kind of stupid bets do they make? Eddie might not be into parties, but what about drinking games?
How far are they willing to go to win, and what happens if the answer is “too far”?
The Spotify Playlist.
ALTERNATE SET: PHOTO PROMPTS You can swap photo prompts for any day you’d like!
1. Starcourt Mall
2. Twink Boutta Pounce Meme
3. Gif from Hannibal (TV Show), by prettyboysinpain
4. Two white masc people; the one in front is kneeling, with their hands behind their back. The one behind is faceless and standing up; they have a hand cupping the jaw of the one in front.
5. Vintage Heavy Metal
6. "Your crush is coming this way, be cool"
7. Oceanside Pier, San Diego
We're excited to see what you come up with, Mungrove Week will start on April 9, 2023, which is when we'll open the AO3 collection. We will post more details about posting and how to let us find your creations at a later date, in the meantime, we hope you have fun with those prompts! 🥰 If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to send us an ask or a DM here on Tumblr, you can also find us on the Mungrove discord server! 😁