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[criminalmindsxdc]

Our 2026 Prompts!!

This year’s dates are a little different due to real life delays as I mentioned before. The week will run from Monday February 16th through Sunday February 22nd!

Due to some positive feedback after last year, we have once again tried to mix and match the various prompts in a way that they can play off of one another! We hope you enjoy!

PROMPT LIST

Day 1 - Monday, February 16th

Retired Hero || Gasses and Toxins || Canon Case, Hero Victim

“Wheels up.”

Day 2 - Tuesday, February 17th

Meta!BAU Agent || Supernatural Unsub || All-Caste

“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”

Day 3 - Wednesday, February 18th

Time/Dimension Travel || Double Cross(over)* || Batskills Save the Day

"You're stronger than you think you are."

Day 4 - Thursday, February 19th

Throwback Thursday** || Kryptonian!BAU Agent || Season One/Early Days

"You really don’t know someone ‘til you take a road trip with them.”

Day 5- Friday, February 20th

Lazarus Pits || Undercover || Lockdown

“Life doesn't give us purpose, we give life purpose!"

Day 6 - Saturday, February 21st

BAU Goes to the Watchtower || Secret Relationship || Justice League Liaison

“There isn't much justice in this world. Perhaps that's why it is so satisfying to occasionally make some.”

Day 7 - Sunday, February 22nd

Backstory Reveal || Identity Porn/Reveal || Hacker BFFs

"That voice in your head? It’s not your conscious, it’s your ego.”

* This can be taken as a literal Double Cross = Betrayal prompt, or as an excuse to throw in a third universe!

** Choose a prompt from a previous year that you wish made the cut!

[fancyfade]

characters taking a break from their mental-breakdown arcs in their solo titles to show up in crossover events is always big 'ok you're sick but who's gonna cover your shift?' energy :P

[askagamedev]

Do you have any thoughts as as a designer Magic the Gathering becoming a grab bag of IPs? How about as a player of MTG given how often you referenced it in your posts?

Any given game can be broken up into two major parts - what I call the mechanics (the rules and specifics of the game) and the fiction (the story, characters, lore, and such). Games can vary quite a bit between how important the mechanics are and how important the fiction is. Games like Chess, Tetris, or Basketball have very little to do with any real fiction. Narrative-heavy games like visual novels and immersive simulators lean much more heavily on the fiction than the mechanics. What bringing many crossover IPs does is muddy MtG's fiction without necessarily touching its mechanics.

It's pretty obvious that many players out there have responded positively to these kind of crossovers. Magic is hardly the first - Fortnite has built its entire model on being a platform for crossovers of all kinds, Call of Duty's multiplayer has become a similar world of crossover IPs, and mobile games have had brand IP collaborations for almost as long as we've had mobile games. It's generally a good thing for the business (so far), but it's hard to un-ring that bell once it's been rung especially in formats where all cards are legal.

For those who only care about the fiction, it's not a big deal - they can choose not to play with the fiction they dislike. For those who only care about the mechanics, it's also not a big deal - cards are essentially the mana costs, types, and effects. The art and the characters don't matter, only the efficiency and synergy in the deck. But for those players who care about both, the amount of sadness they'll feel is commensurate with how much they care.

Those who have made Magic The Gathering a large part of their lives growing up are likely to feel the most sorrow about it. I truly sympathize with them, but it's also part of the game's evolution over time (like how Magic is now much more stringent with its art direction than it once was). It's always important for me to maintain some emotional distance with products for this reason. I lament the changes with my friends but, at the of the day, we aren't friends because we play, we're play because we're friends. We can find other games to play, or we can enact house rules, or we can just try continuing on.

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[allieebobo]

The professors in CT:OS and Merry Crisis are both lastnamed Sackler... was that on purpose? Are they related? Do the two stories (gasp) exist in the same universe?

Hhahahaha yes!!! A little easter egg, if you will ;) I'm so tickled you noticed!

[filibusterphil]

Is there like a real life reason that Legends of Tomorrow have been in the Crossovers less and less?

[pbenjaminparkers]

[ID: Gifs of the trailer for the new Among Us map. They show the Toppat Clan Airship from Henry Stickmin rising into the sky, as well as various tasks being done, a crewmate exploring the ship, and that crewmate being killed by the imposter. More detailed descriptions are under the cut. End ID.]

“The Airship is coming to Among Us”

[ID: image 1: A bright red airship with a Toppat logo slowly rises through the clouds, entering the bright blue sky. The logo shows the head of a purple crewmate with a black top hat, and says “Toppat” in red letters.

image 2: A mouse cursor struggles to pull a full back of trash out of a garbage can. The bag eventually pops out and goes flying across the screen.

image 3: The cursor rubs away scuffs on a ruby until it sparkles.

image 4: A crewmate version of Henry Stickmin slides down a yellow ladder. He's wearing a white space suit with a dark three-piece suit over it, as well as a black top hat.

image 5: A cream-colored platform with a propeller on the bottom hovers slowly between two sections of the ship. Henry walks onto it then stands still as it travels.

image 6: An imposter version of Right Hand Man kills Henry by shooting him with a laser. The laser comes from his robotic eye, which is part of the cyborg half of him. He also has a big mustache and a black top hat, and his space suit is purple.

Because of the laser, Henry is reduced to a set of legs with a charred bone sticking out. End ID.]

[criminalmindsxdc]

Happy Day 7 of CMxDC Week 2026!!

We’ve hit 30 fics in the collection, with surely more to come today (and any late comers to follow~)!! We’ve done this event for four years now and this is the second highest submissions we’ve had so far. That is SO COOL!! I’m so excited to enjoy everything you all have done, and I’m so thankful for all of the participants this year. You guys are awesome!!

Thank you so much for your submissions, your creativity, and your support for one another (yes, I see y’all in each other’s comments, and that’s the BEST).

Like always, I’ll leave the collection open for a while longer, so if you didn’t get to finish your pieces during the week you can always submit late. Keep tagging us here on Tumblr too!

Last but not least, as we wrap everything up, I have one last question…

Same time next year? 😉😉

[criminalmindsxdc]

Our 2025 Prompts!

We tried to do something a little different with the prompts this year and grouped them in ways we thought might be fun to blend together. About half of the prompts are new, and half are reused from last year based on discussion with my lovely collection mods!

We hope you have a great time!

PROMPT LIST

Day 1 - Monday, February 3rd

Better Call Constantine || Supernatural Unsub || Magic User!BAU Agent

“Wheels up.”

Day 2 - Tuesday, February 4th

Meta!BAU Agent || FBI Fitness Test/Certification || Attending a Wayne Gala

“What kind of nickname is ___?”

Day 3 - Wednesday, February 5th

Kidnapping || Batskills Save the Day || Canon-Case, Hero Victim

"I think, deep down, we're all capable of unspeakable things."

Day 4 - Thursday, February 6th

Throwback Thursday* || Time/Dimension Travel || Double Cross(over)**

"The only difference between insanity and genius is success.”

Day 5- Friday, February 7th

Soulmate AU || Secret Relationship*** || Identity Porn/Reveal

“It’s actually safer to kiss.”

Day 6 - Saturday, February 8th

Lazarus Pits || BAU vs. the League of Assassins || Unexpected Allies

“Give a man a mask and he will show his true face.”

Day 7 - Sunday, February 9th

Backstory Reveal || Undercover Justice League || Profiling a Rogue/Bat

"Life is a hell of a thing to happen to a person."

*Choose a prompt from a previous year that you wish made the cut!

**This can be taken as a literal Double Cross = Betrayal prompt, or as an excuse to throw in a third universe!

***This can be romantic, platonic, or familial! The world is your oyster, be free!