Prompt Meanings
The links on the prompt titles will take you to Wikipedia if you want more specific than what the description here is. A link was only added for the trickier concepts that people might not be familiar with.
For the claims such as "pirate," if you claim a pairing or general series, only one of them needs to be the pirate. So if you claim a pairing, one can be the pirate that kidnaps the other and dirty things ensue. :P
| Apocalypse: | end of the world, not necessarily religious. |
| Arabian: | think One Thousand and One Nights: Aladdin, Ali Baby and the Forty Thieves, and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. |
| Bangsian: | genre of fantasy set wholly or partially in the afterlife. |
| Bourgeoisie: | claim is upper class or newly rich. |
| Celebrities: | claim is a famous actor, musician, athlete, etc. |
| Cyberpunk: | scifi based on technology i.e. The Matrix and I, Robot. |
| Daemons: | in the His Dark Materials sense where an animal familiar is the manifestation of the soul. |
| Detectives: | claim is a detective. |
| Eastern: | a story with Asian influence or aspects. |
| Explorers: | claim is discovering new places and things whether it be on land, sea, or even space. |
| Fantasy: | elves, fairies, unicorns, and other magical/mystical elements like in fairy tales. |
| Fourth wall: | your claim interacts with its audience (i.e. Batman somehow ends up in our world where he's a fictional character, not a real superhero; if your claim is RPF, they could be the ones meeting Batman when he ends in our world). |
| Genderfuck: | genderbender, androgyny, MPREG, crossdressing, male effeminacy, female masculinity, etc. |
| Gold diggers: | claim is a gold prospector or another type of buried thing-of-value seeker (i.e. miner, oiler, archaeologist/paleontologist, treasure hunter). |
| History: | incorporation of your claim into a real historical event (i.e. War of 1812 but not the Clone Wars). |
| Hustler: | technically a male prostitute but a scam artist will also work. |
| Infinite cycle: | situation the same in the end as in the beginning. |
| Inmates: | claim is a prisoner. |
| Jocks: | claim is an athlete, famous, varsity, or otherwise. |
| Jossverse: | crossover/fusion with any Joss Whedon work (i.e. Buffyverse, Firefly, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog). |
| Kidfic: | claim is a kid or has kids (so, yes, MPREG can be included here). |
| Killed: | can be set during the fandom of your choice but the character dies. |
| Legends: | similar to fantasy but now with the inclusion of folklore. |
| Lost world: | a world out of time, place, or both. |
| Military: | claim is a soldier. |
| Mutants: | claim is mutant with superpowers. |
| Noir: | stylish Hollywood crime dramas that often emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation. |
| Normal: | non-AU piece for your claim. Non-canon aspects such as slash are permitted, but this prompt would be a piece that fits within the show or movie. |
| Outerspace: | spaceships, other planets, and endless starscapes. |
| Olympians: | claim is a god or demi-god. |
| Pirates: | claim is a pirate. |
| Prehistoric: | anything before written word. |
| Quest: | claim goes on a quest. |
| Quetzalcoatl: | incorporation of your claim into any myth. |
| Regency: | masquerade balls and a time of excess for aristocrats. |
| Royalty: | kings, queens, knights, and all that was medieval times. |
| School: | a story taking place in high school or college. |
| Steampunk: | fantasy based on steam becoming the main source of power for technology, i.e. dirigibles and locomotives. |
| Telepaths: | the ability to sense the thoughts of others; psychokinesis (affecting objects with the mind) will also be accepted for this prompt. |
| Thieves: | claim is a thief. |
| Urbanites: | claim lives in the city. |
| Utopia: | the "perfect" society i.e. Equilibrium and 1984. |
| Vampires: | claim is a vampire. |
| Villains: | claim is the antagonist. |
| Western: | cowboys, horses, shootouts, and lots of leather. |
| Wizards: | claim can use magic. |
| Xenogenetic: | claim was adopted or raised somewhere different from canon. |
| Xover: | crossover with a fandom of your choice. |
| Yeomen: | claim is a farmer or a servant/peasant in the Middle Ages. |
| Yuppies: | young urban professionals. |
| Zombies: | claim doesn't have to be undead but at least fighting them. |
| Zoomorphs: | claim can morph, get changed into an animal, always have been an animal, or be anthro so they're normal except for some characteristics like cat ears and a tail. |
