The Cat Returns Birthday Bash

New home for The Cat Returns Birthday Bash and Secret Santa events

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hmm srr to bother but to participate in birthday bash How Am I suposse to write ? do I have to mix the two prompts? Like found family/ Nobility & Aristocracy I have to mix both into one thing or I choose one of those two for the day?? Again sorry to bother, just confused

No problem, I can understand the confusion.

You can choose either OR both of a day's prompts to write about, in whatever way you see fit. If you're only inspired by one of the prompts (like say a Found Family fic of the Cat Bureau coming together, but no ideas for working "Nobility" in there) then write to that prompt and share it!

Technically, you could even combine prompts from multiple days, if you so wished (I did so a couple years ago, combining "Space" and "Pirates" for a Treasure Planet AU).

The point of the Bash is not to force people to write specific stories or make specific art, but to inspire creativity to be shared with the fandom.

- Mod Ro

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The Cat Returns Birthday Bash 2026

The Cat Returns Birthday Bash prompt list is now live!

The event will run from July 19th to July 25th, is open to anyone who wants to participate, and you can create whatever you want. Fic, poetry, traditional art, digital art, just as long as it is Cat Returns related, with the exception of Free Day, where you can share original works as well.

The prompts for this year are:

19th - Found Family / Nobility & Aristocracy 20th - Happy Birthday / Free Day 21st - Reincarnation / Curse 22nd - Amnesia / Child Acquisition 23rd - Masks / Mythology 24th - Fairy Tale AU / Time Travel 25th - Second Chances / Jealousy

I can't wait to see what you all create!

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The Cat Returns Birthday Bash

The Cat Returns Birthday Bash 2026 prompt list is live!

The event will run from July 19th to July 25th. It is open to anyone who wants to participate, and you can make whatever you want for the event. Fic, poetry, traditional art, digital art, whatever you get inspired to do, so long as it's Cat Returns related, with the exception of Free Day, where you can share original works as well.

The prompts are:

19th - Found Family / Nobility & Aristocracy 20th - Happy Birthday / Free Day 21st - Reincarnation / Curse 22nd - Amnesia / Child Acquisition 23rd - Masks / Mythology 24th - Fairy Tale AU / Time Travel 25th - Second Chances / Jealousy

I can't wait to see all the awesome works we come up with this year!

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My votes! ✨

Babysitting/Child Acquisition

Fairy Tale AU

Jealousy

Neighbor AU

Second Chances

Toto Appreciation

Day in the life/Domestic AU

Magical Girl AU

Movie Night

Nobility/Aristocracy

Tallied up! - Mod Ro

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TCR BDB Prompts Voting

All submissions are in, now it's time to vote!

I will place the prompts below, and since there are so many, I'm upping the voting cap from our usual 6 to 10. Pick the top 10 prompts you would like to see, and either submit your vote to the ask box here, or DM Mod Ro through the Cat Returns Server (the link for which is available here)

Amnesia

Average Day in a Loving Relationship

Babysitting/Child Aquisition

Battle/Fighting

Bureau Clients

Crossover

Curse

Day in the Life/Domestic AU

Demon Deal

Fairy Tale AU

Fluff

Found Family

Identical Stranger

Isekai

Jealousy

Louise’s Fate 

Magic

Magical Girl AU

Masks/Masquerade

Movie Night 

Mythology

Neighbor AU

Nobility/Aristocracy 

Potion

Pre-Movie

Reincarnation 

Sci-Fi

Seaside Town

Second Chances

Swapped Perspective 

Sweets & Treats

Time Travel

Toto Appreciation

Vacation

Yuki Appreciation

Voting will last until June 6th, and the official prompts post will go up in June 7th.

Happy voting!

[tcrbirthdaybash]

TCR BDB Prompts Voting

All submissions are in, now it's time to vote!

I will place the prompts below, and since there are so many, I'm upping the voting cap from our usual 6 to 10. Pick the top 10 prompts you would like to see, and either submit your vote to the ask box here, or DM Mod Ro through the Cat Returns Server (the link for which is available here)

Amnesia

Average Day in a Loving Relationship

Babysitting/Child Aquisition

Battle/Fighting

Bureau Clients

Crossover

Curse

Day in the Life/Domestic AU

Demon Deal

Fairy Tale AU

Fluff

Found Family

Identical Stranger

Isekai

Jealousy

Louise’s Fate 

Magic

Magical Girl AU

Masks/Masquerade

Movie Night 

Mythology

Neighbor AU

Nobility/Aristocracy 

Potion

Pre-Movie

Reincarnation 

Sci-Fi

Seaside Town

Second Chances

Swapped Perspective 

Sweets & Treats

Time Travel

Toto Appreciation

Vacation

Yuki Appreciation

Voting will last until June 6th, and the official prompts post will go up in June 7th.

Happy voting!

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The Cat Returns Birthday Bash 2026

Coming at you from a new blog, it is once again time for the Cat Returns Birthday Bash!

I am Mod Ro (aka @ro-visiting-the-bureau), and I shall be running the show this year while co-Mod Cat (aka @catsafarithewriter) focuses on life things.

As always, the Bash will run for the week of July 19th, TCR's US release date anniversary. This year, that will be July 13th-19th (7/13-7/19). The Anniversary prompts, as always, shall be Happy Birthday/Free Day, but that leaves six (6) days of prompts to fill.

Prompt submissions will be open for one week from May 23rd to May 30th. After that, the submitted prompts will be shared, and another week of voting (May 31st to June 6th) to confirm our selection. Send prompts to this account, or if you’re in the TCR discord, you can send them there as well.

We've had some wonderful prompts these past years, I can't wait to see what new ones you all give us!

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EDIT: I just realized Google lied to me on TCR's release date (for some reason it says the 19th, not the 20th like it actually is), so the dates for this year's Birthday Bash is going to be Sunday July 19th to Saturday July 25th.

Sorry about the mix up, but this does mean you get an extra week to prep your works once prompts are announced.

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Last Day to submit prompts! If you want your idea added to the voting pool, send it in before 12:00 AM EST!

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Hopefully these aren't too many prompts 😵

Toto Appreciation

Yuki Appreciation

Isekai

Fairy tale AU

Crossover

Sci-fi

Louise's Fate

Second Chance

Fluff

Magic Girl AU

Added to the list!

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Sorry couldn't seem to message. Few potential prompts - Amnesia, second chances & mythical

Added to the list!

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The Cat Returns Birthday Bash 2026

Coming at you from a new blog, it is once again time for the Cat Returns Birthday Bash!

I am Mod Ro (aka @ro-visiting-the-bureau), and I shall be running the show this year while co-Mod Cat (aka @catsafarithewriter) focuses on life things.

As always, the Bash will run for the week of July 19th, TCR's US release date anniversary. This year, that will be July 13th-19th (7/13-7/19). The Anniversary prompts, as always, shall be Happy Birthday/Free Day, but that leaves six (6) days of prompts to fill.

Prompt submissions will be open for one week from May 23rd to May 30th. After that, the submitted prompts will be shared, and another week of voting (May 31st to June 6th) to confirm our selection. Send prompts to this account, or if you’re in the TCR discord, you can send them there as well.

We've had some wonderful prompts these past years, I can't wait to see what new ones you all give us!

[tcrbirthdaybash]

EDIT: I just realized Google lied to me on TCR's release date (for some reason it says the 19th, not the 20th like it actually is), so the dates for this year's Birthday Bash is going to be Sunday July 19th to Saturday July 25th.

Sorry about the mix up, but this does mean you get an extra week to prep your works once prompts are announced.

[tcrbirthdaybash]

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[tcrbirthdaybash]

The Cat Returns Birthday Bash 2026

Coming at you from a new blog, it is once again time for the Cat Returns Birthday Bash!

I am Mod Ro (aka @ro-visiting-the-bureau), and I shall be running the show this year while co-Mod Cat (aka @catsafarithewriter) focuses on life things.

As always, the Bash will run for the week of July 19th, TCR's US release date anniversary. This year, that will be July 13th-19th (7/13-7/19). The Anniversary prompts, as always, shall be Happy Birthday/Free Day, but that leaves six (6) days of prompts to fill.

Prompt submissions will be open for one week from May 23rd to May 30th. After that, the submitted prompts will be shared, and another week of voting (May 31st to June 6th) to confirm our selection. Send prompts to this account, or if you’re in the TCR discord, you can send them there as well.

We've had some wonderful prompts these past years, I can't wait to see what new ones you all give us!