What this is: it’s a place to post prompts to put up for adoption! If you have an idea that you want to see made, but you can’t/don’t have the time to do it, you can post the prompt to the collection prompt meme and hope someone picks it up!
Posting prompts does not guarantee that they will be filled, but it’s a great way to get your ideas out there and to inspire others.
Where do I post these prompts?
LINK to the form is here!! And Link to existing prompts. See under cut for instructions on how to use the form.
What are the rules?
This is happening in tandem with the week event, which means if you do end up creating for a prompt, I do ask you to please wait till the event starts to post. Other event rules are the same a DickJay week: top Dick/bottom Jason if explicit, but gen fics are welcome, as do poly ships where Dick/Jason play a big enough part.
Other than that, there are no rules regarding content restrictions. No need to sign up to participate (although you do need an AO3 account to post prompts and fills).
Interested in posting prompts or claim them? See under the cut for instructions!
WARNING: as this is an explicit event, some examples will be NSFW and/or dark in nature. Consider this “creator chose not to use archive warnings.“ Viewer discretion is advised.
If you’ve ever joined an AO3-based exchange, this form is very similar - you tag the request the way you’d want the finished product to be tagged and write in the details. Please note that for all their similarities, this is not truly an exchange, which means if you get a filler, they are not bound to the prompts exactly, except your DNW(do-not-want)s.
Be warned that this entire page will have dark/NSFW prompts, so keep that in mind if you are browsing for ideas. Please take care.
Additional tags:
We have a tagset for additional tags. These are used to add details and inspiration for your prompts, but you can disregard them completely (and leave this part blank) if you want. They range anywhere from big AUs like Earth 3 to specific situations. WARNING: these tags do include NSFW as well as dark content.
Category:
Click “multi” if you are okay with poly ships. This does not guarantee that you will get poly fills, only tells the filler that you’re fine with multiple characters involved. If you only want monogamous ship for Dick/Jason, leave this unchecked.
Rating:
Pick all the ratings that you are fine with. If the prompter picked only G and T, for example, the fill cannot go beyond that, and vice versa.
Archive Warnings:
Pick all the warnings that you are fine with. Things like Rape/Non-con and Underage are opt-in, which means fillers cannot make something that require these tags if prompter did not tick them.
Optional Tags:
These have to be canonized AO3 tags. You can use this section to add tropes or kinks that you like to guide the filler, but you can also leave it blank.
Anonymous option:
You can choose to post semi-anonymously. This choice isn’t 100% anonymous, because anyone can see all the names of people who signed up.
Please write your prompt in the text section, be as detailed as you want. You may add a list of DNW(do-not-want)s to your prompt.
DNW(do-not-want)s: This is the list of the absolute dealbreakers for you, things you absolutely do not want the filler to include. This does not include the four major warnings (because those are opt-ins only), but can include certain scenarios or personal dealbreakers. This can be personal triggers, specific tropes you dislike, kinks that squick you out, or fanon interpretations that you just don’t vibe with.
Claiming prompts
Use the “claim” button at the bottom right corner of each prompt to claim them. Multiple people can claim a single prompt, and they can be fulfilled at any time. Claiming a prompt does not mean you’re obligated to fill it. You can drop the prompt any time. You can find the prompts you claimed in the “claims” tag in both the collection and your own page. From there, you can either fulfill or drop the prompts you’ve claimed.
A word of caution
This is not meant to be a gift exchange by any means, but a way to exchange ideas and get inspired. General rules such as “do not be an asshole” apply, which means you can’t disregard someone’s DNWs or include a warning that wasn’t in the request. However, as this is the internet and fanwork is a free space, your prompt is a free-for-all as soon as you post it. This means that while someone can’t include your DNWs while fulfilling your claim through the “claim” function, they’re still allowed to get inspiration from your prompts and create something based on that.
Essentially, use this as a fun exercise to inspire and be inspired. If you are possessive about your ideas and only want them filled a certain way, then perhaps this isn’t for you.
What if I’m inspired by a prompt, but I want to include a warning that wasn’t asked, or make it into a multi, or my idea includes someone’s DNW?
You’re always allowed to get inspired by the prompts and create your own things, whether you post them to the collection or not. I’m not going to police who gets inspired by what, because I don’t believe in that. Just be aware that if you do in fact touch upon someone’s DNWs or a warning they didn’t opt into, post it by itself instead of using the “fulfill claim” feature. And be aware that the event still has its own rules (bottom Jason, etc.) for works posted to the collection. Basically, just don’t be a dick, but otherwise, have fun!
This year will have no prompt suggestion + voting period due to the mod’s own time/commitment reasons. Instead of going through the entire process like we did last year, the prompt list will come pre-determined, and will have a mix of SFW/NSFW/Gen/dark prompts, with a theme tying each day together. Each day will follow a World | Fanfic Trope | Kink | Specific scenario/Quotes format.
I don’t know how this will pan out just yet, but we’re going to try it for one year and see how it goes. Since there has been more enthusiasm when it came to prompts decision vs. actually creating those works, in hindsight, I don’t think it’s entirely unfair.
We will still have a second week for those to catch up, and it will largely be the same as past years, but this year there will be a prompt assigned to each day for inspiration, taken from the final prompt lists of past years. This is mainly to give those who missed those past years a chance to crack at some of the prompts they missed. But if you rather use this time to post for works for the main week that you didn’t have time to finish, or if you’d rather use this time to post some of the WIPs you have stacked away, feel free to use this as a “free week,” as well.
There will be a Dickjay Prompt Meme this year. What this is is basically a place for those who don’t have the time/means to create but still have ideas they want to see come to fruition to write down their ideas for others to fill. If there is a prompt that grabs you, you’re welcome to fill it instead of following the week’s official list of prompts. More info on this is to come!
No sign-up required! Simply show up with your awesome works and you’re in!
Rules and FAQs are still the same from past years, just with the dates changed to March 12-18 (main week)/ 19-25 (catch up week), 2023, and the new tag being #DJW2023. This is a bottom Jason-centric event, but platonic works are also welcome, as do works in non-English language and Poly ships where Dick and Jason are both involved.
