Indeed it does, Anthea! I knew I could count on you to have such an important event marked it in your calendar, even though most of us are still processing our new canon. (We missed you, by the way! I hope the current political climate isn’t running you headfirst into a wall. Remember to breathe, okay?)
So, as you probably know, Femslash February is an annual, multifandom challenge to create fanworks of any kind, featuring F/F ships, and now it’s here again!
To help out with the creation/motivation/inspiration this year I've created a Word Prompt List for each day of February. Feel free to use it however you please. Want to create something for each word linked to your favourite ship? Awesome! Want to just pick just a handful of words? Go ahead! Want to mix it up with different ship each day? Wonderful! Let the list inspire you, not limit you.
I’ve also put together a mini-challenge or general prompt for each week of February, but please don’t feel limited by the prompts or challenges. The main goal is to shine light on and create more femslash, the prompts are just there to help and motivate.
Week 1: Going away. Pack the bags! It’s time to go on a romantic vacation to sunny Greece or snowy Chamonix. Or maybe a business trip with a random meeting in a crowded airport? Who knows? The world is bigger than London.
Week 2: Sports and Games. Are they all on the same Roller Derby team? Football team? Are there poker nights? Who comes home all sweaty and glowing from a workout, and who really, really likes that? Or just… imagine them wearing tennis gear.
Week 3: Be inspired! Create something that is inspired by someone else’s work. Podcast your favourite fic, write a fic to a graphic or a gifset or a fanart, draw something, make a graphic or a gifset based on a fic. Or how about putting together a fanmix? (As a bonus you’ll also make another fan happy!)
Week 4: Favourite trope. What’s your favourite trope? First time? Friends-to-lovers? Sleeping together to stay warm? Fake dating? Sex pollen? Arranged marriage? Amnesia? Mutual pining? Use it! Share it! They are our favourites for a reason.
Again, please let these (and the word prompt list) be inspiring and motivating, not limiting. All contributions are welcomed and encouraged!
To make sure I find your things, please tag it with #sherlock femslash in one of the first five tags. (and #femslash february for all to see! Let’s show tumblr that the femslash part of the Sherlock fandom is alive and strong!)
Let’s have a wonderful February, everyone!