[Image description in ALT. Prompts in plain text under the cut.]
Multiamory March 2026
Once again we gather to celebrate polyamory in all its forms: OT3s, OT4s, OT8s, V-relationships, QPRs, sedoretus, and any configuration you can think of. In the spirit of this month, we invite you to create works in any medium using the prompts above if you need a little inspiration. You can also create freely or even use one of our prompts from past years we’d still love to see fanworks for if they inspire you better. If you use a prompt, please make sure to let us know which prompt you’re creating for somewhere on your post.
At us @polyamships and use the tags #MultiamoryMarch and #MultiamoryMarch2026 in the first five tags so we can hopefully see it. If you don’t see us reblog your post within a few days feel free to send us an ask to let us know, in case we’ve missed your post or the tags/notifications are being weird.
All ratings are welcome but anything nsfw/triggery should be warned for and behind a read more, as should very long tumblr fic.
We also have an AO3 collection for the event that can be found here and the collection name is ‘multiamory_march_works’.
We can’t wait to see what you create for the month, and please do spread the word about the event. ❤️♾️
Over the next month or two, we will also be doing a number of posts with expanded ideas for each prompt for anyone who needs a little more inspiration than just the one or two word style.
Under the cut you can find the prompts in written form:
1- Home
2- Matching accessories
3- Royalty
4- Late night snacks
5- Praise
6- Beach
7- But I don't regret anything
8- Apocalypse
9-Triad
10- Academia
11- Music
12- Selfie
13- Monochrome
14- History
15- Enemies to Lovers
16- Mistaken Identity
17- Metamours
18- Sleepover
19- Matchmaking
20- Fairytales
21- Anniversary
22- First time rave
23- Attending a concert
24- Polycule calendar
25- Ocean
26- Future
27- Change
28- 80s AU
29- Dessert
30- Missing Link
31- Rebellion
Now that Barbie canonically has a girlfriend, I’d propose that we should now ship them both with Sallie May and Veroiska in a yuri polyamorous relationship, so we don’t have to give up shipping Barbie with Sallie or Verosika, plus I think Kendra would like Sallie and Verosika too cause I can tell that she is a massive lesbian, so everyone wins 😌
road to el dorado is THE reason im polyamorous btw. if anyone cares
the writing never paints chel as evil or as if she "steals" tulio from miguel. the conflict comes from miguel feeling neglected by tulio first and foremost. even when miguel and tulio are actively breaking up, miguel doesnt treat chel as the problem. he never blames her for tulio betraying his trust, and its shown several times throughout the movie that miguel likes chel! theres no weird jealousy between miguel and chel over tulio's attention; miguel's issue is tulio not taking his feelings or desires into account and trying to make decisions for the group without consulting him. the closest he gets to blaming chel is during the scene where he overhears her and tulio planning for her to come to spain with them, and even then what miguel focuses on is tulio saying "forget miguel". he doesnt paint it as chel convincing tulio to leave him behind, he sees it for what it is: a disregard of miguel by tulio bc tulio takes him for granted.
idk yall its just. polyam rep for bi characters (like tulio 1000000% is) in media seems to always fall into the same pitfalls that cr1 vaxleth/vaxilmore did for me, which is an assumption that partners will by default be prioritized into the "real" partner and the "extra" one, when that is so often not the poly experience. and, like in the case of vaxleth/vaxilmore, it is almost always the same sex pairing in the polycule that gets labeled the "extra" by the source material AND fandom. but road to el dorado doesnt do this!!! not only are miguel and chel's relationships with tulio treated with the same gravity and weight, but miguel and chel's relationship is given weight as well! chel isnt just an opposing force to miguel, shes an opposing force to both of them. she balances out both miguel and tulio and that allows them all to work better. at the end of the movie, chel is the one who inspires spontaneity and a true sense of adventure in both miguel and tulio, something that they lack the ability to truly tap into early on in the film when theyre working alone.
Hello polyshippers and multiamorous fandom pals, we're getting ready for Polyship Week 2024, and we want to hear what sort of things YOU want to make this year!
This quick six question survey will help us build the prompt list for this year's event. All questions are optional, and you can take it more than once, so don't be shy!
The survey will be open through the end of July for your suggestions and questions:
Polyship Week 2024 will run 17–23 November. We'd love your suggestions for prompts you'd like to see! All questions are optional and no cont
Suggestions for More Varied Polyamorous Ship Tournaments
For me, half the fun of fandom-focused brackets is to learn about media that people are passionate about, maybe even ones that you are totally unfamiliar with. While I love Leverage (2008) with all my heart, it has gotten a little repetitive to see Hardison/Parker/Eliot win or place in so many OT3 or polyamory poll tournaments (at least five that I know of—see footnote), when I know there are so many interesting polyamorous ships out there. Since I understand the appeal of the H/P/E OT3 and I know Leverage fans will be dedicated no matter what, I propose that it could be helpful (and fun) to see a wider variety in types of polyamory poll tournaments. After all, there are many different ways that fans might consider a ship to be "best".
Thus I have developed a list of suggestions (thank you @doctorbeverlycrusher and @mary-louise4760 for your assistance here). This includes a mix of aspects that a ship can be ranked as "best" in, and specific ship dynamics. Feel free to ask for clarification or examples of any of the list items, add your own suggestions, and use these as inspiration for poll tournaments. (Some of these might need to be combined/altered to get enough potential contestants.)
Aspects/Dynamics to Rank Polycules By
"Do not separate them.": It is difficult to imagine any relationship within the group without the whole set being involved, whether romantically or queerplatonically. e.g. Many fans say this is why they would favor the Leverage OT3 over other polyamorous ships.
"Please do separate them.": Two or more partners should keep other partners firmly in-between them at all times. Keeping the polycule together is essential to continued civil interaction.
Rejection of canon love triangle/infidelity: Fandom took one look at that plotline and said, "No way. They have two hands." Or whatever the equivalent statement is when one runs out of hands for applicable partners.
Shipping Wars: The best resolution. Fixes many things.
Shipping Wars: The best non-resolution. Fixes nothing, but is good anyway.
Shipping Wars: Worst but technically effective resolution. Fixes the war, but creates new issues.
Shipping Wars: The funniest resolution. May overlap with some of the above three.
In-Universe Wars (or Conflict/Politics): The best resolution. Diplomatic!
In-Universe Wars: The best non-resolution. Undiplomatic!
In-Universe Wars: Worst but technically effective resolution. Diplomatic with respect to this issue, but also creates new ones.
Unexpected package deal: Essentially, the opposite of the identity porn trope where someone has feelings for multiple people that turn out to be a single person.
Seduction plans rapid-pivot: e.g. Sometimes your plans require seducing someone that turns out to be happily in a relationship, so clearly the only choice is to seduce both them and their partner.
Jealousy plot rapid-resolution: Sometimes you think someone will be angry or jealous about you having feelings for or ending up in an encounter with someone they also have feelings for, but they are very much not upset. Maybe even the opposite of upset.
Fake relationship rapid-resolution: Life hack! Turn the fake/arranged partner(s) into additional real partner(s). Often a subset of the above bullet point.
Hands-on instruction: So dedicated to helping their friend with romance/sex that they end up demonstrating. Thoroughly.
Couples (or established polycule) bonding exercise: We can fix them. Or make them worse. Or just seduce them.
Couples (or established polycule) unbonding exercise: Have you ever seen a couple mildly argue about how one of them caught up on a TV show alone when they were supposed to be watching it together? This, but with seduction.
Organization/scheduling proficiency: Have you ever tried to handle finding overlaps between multiple schedules? It's difficult. So I think there should be a competition for polycules that handle that best.
Sneak attack potential: "What's this? It's their third, with the steel chair!"
Heist crew
Band: This one can work for many different sizes of polycules, if you are flexible with the type of music group.
Ship^2: The ship crew. Works for ocean ships, starships, airships, and any other varieties.
Witch coven or assorted magical circle
Supernatural leaders: e.g. vampire colony, fairy council, werewolf pack where the alpha wolf only exists as much as it does in real wolves, etc.
Competition champions: The ideal team. Could be sports. Could be trivia night. Could be that they are just killing it at karaoke.
Competition contestants that somehow make everyone lose
Accidental legal polygamy: They weren't trying to all end up legally intertwined, but untangling that seems more effort than it is worth.
Canon co-parents: A canon plot means a kid has 3+ parents or parental figures. The ship writes itself.
"It takes a village," ("and the village takes each other"): One child (or set of children) takes so much wrangling that the polycule is just efficient.
Most awkward stepparent(s) configuration
Most chaotic potential family gatherings: e.g. In-laws who have to awkwardly try to get along when they hate each other, now with even more in-laws!
Best pet owners: Sometimes joint custody of a pet is a lot of work, and consolidation is ideal.
Using These Suggestions
All are welcome to use these ideas, altered or unaltered, in your own poll tournaments/games. No additional permission is required, though I would appreciate it if you linked this post somewhere on the poll blog, so others can find it. Also, if you let me know you have a tournament along these lines (whether directly inspired by this list or not), I will be happy to give you a shout out in the notes.
Footnote
Here are the poll tournaments I'm referencing when I say Leverage's H/P/E has won or placed in five that I know of.
Champions
@powerpolyculeshowdown (2023-03-09): Won in the final against Yoo Jonghyuk/Han Sooyoung/Kim Dokja from Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint.
@polyam-ship-showdown (2023-02-28): Won in the final against Ninth Doctor/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness from Doctor Who.
@throuple-tournament (2024-04-04): Won in the final against Thanatos/Zagreus/Megaera from Hades and Nathan/Vlad/Ursula from Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites.
Placed
@ot3showdown (2023-05-12): Runner-up, lost in the final 49%-51% to Kirk/McCoy/Spock.
Ongoing
@bestpolyshipbracket: Currently in the final round, so H/P/E will either be in second or first place.
So I'm noodling around, wondering if I have enough fic ideas for Kinktober and... yup. A fair start, anyway.
Will they all get written? Dunno. Will they be posted in this order? Also don't know. But I collected a couple prompt lists, sorted them out, thought of some ideas, and lo! here we are. 5 fandoms, a couple poly ships, a fair number of wlw. The greyed-out boxes are ones that I don't have ideas for yet, but that's okay: there's a bit of time left before October, after all!
