ASEXUAL AWARENESS WEEK FANDOM CHALLENGE 2018
@physicsandfandoms has done the official ace-based Prompts for AAWFC 2018 this year, which I’m so glad to see up again! Because this year I wanted to provide something else.
I’ve done a lot of headcanon’ing and writing for AAWFC and AsAWFC in the past few years, and the prompts to simply dive into various headcanons are great... but not super exciting after writing so much for the same basic prompts for a few years. So this year I wanted to provide some prompts where I hope people will take their ace headcanons or fave canon aces and feel inspired to write or draw more about these characters based on these prompts! So!
Asexual Awareness Week 2018 is October 21 - 27!
Responses can be canon, headcanon, a simple statement, fanfic, fanart, aesthetic/moodboards, photomanips, playlists, meta/analysis (if so inspired by these...), gifsets, quotes, etc.! Any kind of fan produced content that you believe fits within these prompts is welcome! Let’s generate as much content as we can!
Below, I’ve provided a variety of genres, settings, conflicts, words, etc. that you can use together or individually, drawing from whatever category you feel like. If any of the prompts or sets of prompts inspires you to create based off them, then great! Just make sure they spotlight ace characters (canon or headcanon) in media!
As always the tag is “#AAWFC”.
Genres: General; Humor; Drama; Realism
Settings: A church; gas station bathroom; a car shop
Conflicts: Someone needs help... and someone else doesn’t want to give it; discovering magic powers that must be kept secret; petty theft
Words/Objects: Blueberries; heavy golden crown; sparks; odiferous socks; bibliophile
Idiom: A hot potato; on the ball
Colors: Royal blue; pale green; pinkish red
Sounds: A symphony of croaking frogs; someone who won’t stop whistling
Scents: Peppermint; daisies; rotting meat
Statement: ‘There are few things worse in life than people who cut in line.’
Quote: “I don’t think that’s what that’s meant for...”
Genres: Horror; Western; Expressionism
Settings: An abandoned cemetery; a stranger’s bedroom; convenience store
Conflicts: Drunken bar fight; honor must be restored; a lost pet
Words/Objects: Pulchritudinous; watery eyes of an intelligent familiar; pirate hat; fragrant tea; scratchy beard
Idiom: Barking up the wrong tree; whole nine yards
Colors: Yellow; bright purple; silver
Sounds: Car alarm; the scratching of racoons that cannot be seen
Scents: Lemon; roses; boiled eggs
Statement: ‘The hat didn’t seem particularly ominous.’
Quote: “Close, but no.”
Genres: Angst; Fluff; Modernism; Contemporary
Settings: A vast desert; a forest dense with moss and fog; mattress store
Conflicts: Soulmate AU but there’s a twist to the relationship (ie, could be platonic, queerplatonic, romantic only, sexual only, etc.) that makes the soulmates not realize they are soulmates right away; a kidnapping; family estrangement
Words/Objects: Duplicitous; an upside down mug; spilled cake; anthill; rusty sword
Idiom: Actions speak louder than words; barking up the wrong tree
Colors: Neon orange; brown; cobalt blue
Sounds: Lip smacking; whispers on the wind
Scents: Cloves; cinnamon; sweaty feet
Statement: ‘It was too bad they were in the situation they were, rather than getting a hot rock massage.’
Quote: “This means everything to me.”
Genres: AU; What If; Abstract
Settings: A deep stone well; the sky; an underwater fortress
Conflicts: Chosen one for some quest they have no interest in or don’t believe in; crisis of faith; a shocking confession
Words/Objects: Serendipitous; an empty cauldron; a glowing crystal; bookmark; oversized turkey legs
Idiom: Blessing in disguise; don’t put your eggs in one basket
Colors: Black; turquoise; river rock red
Sounds: Thunderous applause; water slapping rock
Scents: Salty ocean; oregano; cow farm
Statement: ‘It would have been a surprising turn of events if [they] were someone else, and this sort of thing didn’t regularly happen to [them].’
Quote: “OH SHIT!”
Genres: Romance; Action; Graffiti
Settings: A beach during sunset; a ghost town; dimly lit restaurant
Conflicts: Difficult spell ingredients must be gathered; late to work; the world seems to want them to go out but they just want to stay in and relax
Words/Objects: Mustard; too many candles to count; small locket; tablecloth; potion bottles
Idiom: Drastic times call for drastic measures; once in a blue moon
Colors: Dark grey; white; blue-green
Sounds: Nails on a chalkboard; two coconut halves knocking together
Scents: Cologne; vanilla; fresh tuna
Statement: ‘It was obvious to everyone else.’
Quote: “How long?”
Genres: Satire; Surrealism; Fauvism
Settings: Radio station; lively jungle; a museum that just opened
Conflicts: A duel must be fought; how to make friends in a new location; car broke down
Words/Objects: Punitive; a box of wrenches; combo lock; stack of silvery pizza pans; beard wax
Idiom: Cut the mustard; every cloud has a silver lining
Colors: Shiny pink; pearly white; darkest purple
Sounds: Fingers drumming on a table; dull hum of cicadas
Scents: Fresh melon; dry dog food; beer
Statement: ‘Taller than a giraffe, it was not even the oddest sighting that week.’
Quote: “I don’t need you to understand right now.”
Genres: Mystery; Sci-Fi/Fantasy; Pointillism
Settings: Pool after closing; field full of crop circles; corn maze
Conflicts: Moral opposition; a murder; someone unmotivated needs to be motivated
Words/Objects: Belt buckle; overflowing basket of grapes; triskaidekaphobia; seemingly empty beehives; crayons
Idiom: It takes two to tango; curiosity killed the cat
Colors: Dull orange; blood red; pale yellow
Sounds: Cuckoo clock chime; the groan of shifting rocks
Scents: Fresh laundry; basil; slightly used shoes
Statement: ‘It was either a clue... or it wasn’t.’
Quote: “Clear as mud, that is.”
Apparently @esperata has started an AO3 collection for AAFC18 fics, if you want to have yours added there!
