A new year, a new prompt list specifically made with Transformers in mind. I’m posting this early due to people likely having other commitments or participation in other October events, this way you all can work on this early if you so choose to use it.
There are absolutely no rules involving this. This was made for fun and open to anyone who wants to use the list. Feel free to use what you want, do what days you want. I’ve provided an alternative list if those of the main days aren’t to your taste, but feel free to switch those out for something not listed if you don’t like any.
I know the text might be hard to read so below the cut is a text version of the prompts.
We’ve got a lot of amazing merchandise planned for the Kickstarter of our first anthology, Add Magic to Taste, which is an anthology of 20 stories about fluffy queer relationships growing and developing in magical coffee shops, tea shops, bakeries, and the like!
We’ll be posting teasers of our stories and reveals of our planned merchandise over these last few days before the Kickstarter launches on July 15th, with more to come after the campaign goes live, so stay tuned.
How can you get your very own key chain of this precious pixie and delicious donut?
Back our Kickstarter at the $35 level or higher (you can learn more about our backer levels in our FAQ, or wait until the campaign launches on July 15th)
Support our Patreon at the $25/month level (and while lower backer levels won’t get you the key chain, they WILL help support the Press, and some also include other Kickstarter-related extras!)
(you can also buy us a ko-fi or three if you want - it won’t yield key chain but we’ll appreciate it a lot. <3 )
Interested in Add Magic to Taste, Duck Prints Press, and our upcoming Kickstarter? We’d love to have you along for the ride - so give us a follow on social media and keep your eyes open, ‘cause there’s a lot more amazing things to come!
The Kickstarter for Add Magic to Taste launches on July 15th, 2021!
Definitely a Specialist! Sorry if this isn't the place to answer the meme, I'm trying to break away from being just a lurker lol
the specialist: this author has a favorite kink or trope and has written 80% of the content in that tag. you know exactly what you’re getting. they have A Brand™️. no matter what other traits they display, dedicated rare pair authors belong here.
Bit of The Specialist but also somewhat Chocolate Box! there's... options, but also, it's mostly chocolate? The specialty is chocolate. Sometimes, there's a surprise and it's a toffee bar instead of chocolate--
I misspelled chocolate every time I typed it in this and had to go back and fix it orz
the specialist: this author has a favorite kink or trope and has written 80% of the content in that tag. you know exactly what you’re getting. they have A Brand™️. no matter what other traits they display, dedicated rare pair authors belong here.
the chocolate box: essentially the exact opposite. this author will try anything once. they have 80+ works in the fandom with no discernible pattern. the shortest one is 268 words and the longest is well over 100k. this breed of author may or may not be related to:
now you make me want chocolate!
But I get ya… The chocolate is Sunny and Sides and the options are how I *do* Sunny and Sides basically. Heh. Or how I make them do each other and other people.
youre a full time specialist and a part time horn dog. you are like the royalty of sideswipe/sunstreaker.
the specialist: this author has a favorite kink or trope and has written 80% of the content in that tag. you know exactly what you’re getting. they have A Brand™️. no matter what other traits they display, dedicated rare pair authors belong here.
the horn dog: they’re here for one thing and one thing only. if someone’s dick is not in another character’s mouth within 500 words, they apologize for it in the author’s notes. they have one (1) g-rated fic.
…
Dude, it’s like you know me or something.
And I don’t know about *royalty*, but yeah. By this point, if you’re going to be talking about Sunny and Sides and fanfic, I’m probably gonna be mentioned at some point.
i was thinking this morning about how i categorize fanfic authors that i enjoy like AKC breeds and decided to share my rubric with you:
the specialist: this author has a favorite kink or trope and has written 80% of the content in that tag. you know exactly what you’re getting. they have A Brand™️. no matter what other traits they display, dedicated rare pair authors belong here.
the chocolate box: essentially the exact opposite. this author will try anything once. they have 80+ works in the fandom with no discernible pattern. the shortest one is 268 words and the longest is well over 100k. this breed of author may or may not be related to:
the renaissance fan: they’ve written three things in your fandom: your favorite fic, your notp, and a bizarre crossover with a show you’ve never heard of. you hit “expand fandoms list” on their author page and have to scroll down twice to reach the bottom. whenever you curse the fact that you can’t legally commission fic writers, this is the author you’re thinking about.
the horn dog: they’re here for one thing and one thing only. if someone’s dick is not in another character’s mouth within 500 words, they apologize for it in the author’s notes. they have one (1) g-rated fic.
the rookie: this writer is usually young, new to fandom, or just got a beta-reader for the first time. their fics are a little all over the place, quality-wise, but you’re excited whenever their name pops up because their unique voice gets stronger every time. you feel a personal investment in their development, like you’re an old man reading the local high school sports page and saying “this kid’s the one to watch.”
the live streamer: the most prolific author in the fandom. their works are all over the front page when you sort by kudos. you have no idea how they generate this much work, and have seriously wondered if they have access to an extra-dimensional time portal. their stories are usually un-beta’d and the characterization varies wildly, but their best works are inspired and you’ve read them 30 times.
the cryptid: this one comes out of nowhere every two years, drops the best fanfic you’ve ever read, and disappears. fifteen months after you left a three paragraph comment about how they changed your life, you get a message in your inbox that just says “thanks.”
the novelist: we talk about “filing off the serial numbers” when someone reworks their most popular story to pitch it as an original novel; this author somehow does the reverse. their fics are excellent, usually long-reaching multi-chapter AUs that have almost nothing to do with the on-screen characters except their names. i’d like to extend my personal thanks to this breed of author because it’s the closest i get to reading an actual book.
the reunion tour: this author wrote some of the most popular works in the fandom, but either moved on to k-pop or burned out when canon took a turn for the worse. they put out one new thing a year, often an old draft that’s been haunting them from under the floorboards. their last six author’s notes all say they never thought they’d write this pairing again and “this will probably be the last time.”
I have a few other things in this ‘verse, but this part is done. It does contain an ‘off screen’ spark merge, i.e. the twins merge with Megatron present and he isn’t allowed to look but he definitely listens.
Megatron
held up his hands in surrender. “Alright. You got it. Hey, I’m gonna let you
get some rest. I need to clean up from my bout, but I can do that in here. When
do you think Sideswipe’ll be back?”
Sunstreaker
sighed. “Probably not for several more hours.”
–
It was
four.
Four
hours before Sideswipe came back, gliding into the room and somehow looking
more spotless than before he had left. Megatron thought Sunstreaker had gone
into recharge about an hour before, but despite how silently Sideswipe
returned, when Megatron looked over, Sunstreaker’s optics were open and fixed
on his brother’s approaching form.
“I’ll
head out,” Megatron murmured, getting up and intending to give Sideswipe a wide
berth. But Sideswipe sidestepped towards him and grabbed hold of his arm,
halting his progress.
“Stay,” Sideswipe instructed, his
gaze fixed on Megatron’s chin. “We need to not be interrupted and these doors
don’t lock from the inside.”
“I…”
Megatron reflexively looked over at Sunstreaker, but he was staring at his
brother with a furrowed forehelm. After a moment, he glanced at Megatron and
nodded.
“If you
don’t mind, Megatron.”
“No, I
don’t mind. Just… you need me to not let anyone in?”
“Right.
So, stand… here. Face the door and don’t look. Can you do that?” Sideswipe
asked, nudging him into position.
Sunstreaker’s
mouth worked silently for a moment before he sighed. “Megatron… look… Sideswipe
is… just… it may be best that you’re never alone in the same room as him,
alright?”
Megatron
cocked his head to the side, confused. “Why?”
“Sideswipe
isn’t… isn’t quite… right. We’re… we’re not just brothers. We’re spark-split
twins. So, both of us have… personality quirks, I guess you could say,” Sunstreaker
said, stunning Megatron yet again. “It’s a thing with twins, apparently.
Anyway, Sideswipe… Sides likes to hurt people. He takes a lot of pleasure out
of it, actually. And he’s also pretty possessive of me so if he thinks you’re a
threat…”
“Oh… oh!”
Megatron exclaimed, realizing what Sunstreaker was implying. Then he wondered
if he was reading things the wrong way. “Wait… am I threat?”
Sunstreaker’s
mouth worked silently for a moment before he sighed. “Megatron… look… Sideswipe
is… just… it may be best that you’re never alone in the same room as him,
alright?”
Megatron
cocked his head to the side, confused. “Why?”
“Sideswipe
isn’t… isn’t quite… right. We’re… we’re not just brothers. We’re spark-split
twins. So, both of us have… personality quirks, I guess you could say,” Sunstreaker
said, stunning Megatron yet again. “It’s a thing with twins, apparently.
Anyway, Sideswipe… Sides likes to hurt people. He takes a lot of pleasure out
of it, actually. And he’s also pretty possessive of me so if he thinks you’re a
threat…”
“Oh… oh!”
Megatron exclaimed, realizing what Sunstreaker was implying. Then he wondered
if he was reading things the wrong way. “Wait… am I threat?”
funniest false alarm story? i'm thinking along the lines of that post about someone's hamster who put a fridge magnet in his cheek pouch, then got stuck to the cage and couldn't move
Physical exam: rubber hair band pulling the forehead skin too tightly, others within normal limit
Treatment: hair band removed
Prognosis: good
Signalment: Springer spaniel, young adult
Chief complaint: Choking on a ball, clawing at mouth, struggling to breathe
Physical exam/triage: Tongue stuck right through the middle of a Kong ball. Will not come off. Not obstructing airway but confusing the dog +++. Will try to drop the ball for you if you tell him to. This only adds to the confusion.
Treatment: A lotta lube, patience, and a very good boy.
Prognosis: Good! As long as no more hollow balls are within the household.
Signalment: Young male labrador
Chief complaint: suddenly non weight bearing lame on front leg
Physical exam: gummy bear stuck to pawpad
Treatment: removal of gummy bear. placed in bin
Prognosis: for the dog, good. sadly gummy bear could not be saved
Going against the grain of the above set-up, but I’ve encountered this exact scenario as a vet so many times I couldn’t resist tracking this video down and posting a link to it
Some might say it’s curtains for Jazz… trapped behind enemy lines, the entire Con force gunning for him, and suffering from a deadly wound. But Jazz thinks he’s gotten out of worse.
He has… hasn’t he?
—
I felt the urge to respond with a fic summary, lol!
