As voted for on the comm discord, we’re back with a mini promptathon!

What is this? It’s like the big summer promptathon, only a shorter version. It's a fun, no-pressure event where you can post zero to as many prompts as you like, zero to as many fills as you like, and join in the squee or just quietly enjoy the fun.

Why ‘love and joy’? Originally this annual mini event was Valentine’s themed, but it’s grown to include International Fanworks day, celebrating various new years, and getting back into the swing of things. We welcome themes in prompts and/or fills of romance, valentines, galentines, friendship, supporting each other, celebrations - but mostly, the point is that this is a little celebration of fandom love and joy.


Banner art by Loar Tev

TIMELINE

Now: we're open for prompts
Friday 20 February: you can start leaving fills (and continuing prompting)
Midnight (whatever your timezone) Sunday 15 March: promptathon is finished and we make a masterlist

HOW TO PLAY

1. Leave your prompt in a comment to this Dreamwidth post. Please post each prompt in its own separate comment. Prompts can be anything. You can re-use prompts from past events if you like, whether they were filled or not. You can leave as many prompts as you like. (Yes, seriously.)

You don’t need a Dreamwidth account - anonymous comments are enabled. If you comment anonymously please consider including your online handle(s) in your comment so we can credit you for prompts and gift fills to you.

2. You can post fills for prompts at any time from Friday 20 February by replying in a comment to the prompt. The subject line of your comment should be: FILL: title, rating.

At the start of your comment please include:
> Title
> Your online handle(s) (if you don't have a dreamwidth account)
> Rating (ie film ratings or AO3 style ratings)
> Any warnings OR you can say ‘choose not to warn’ (think about the AO3 warnings or take a look at our comm guidance if you’re stuck)

You can post your entire fanwork in the comment if it’s short enough AND/OR you can post your fanwork anywhere else on the internet and post a link to it in your comment.

Following these guidelines 1) makes it easier for people to find your fills during the event as a one-stop shop, and know what they’re clicking on and 2) makes it a LOT easier for your mods to create a masterlist at the end, without missing any of your fills. Thank you!

There’s no length requirement on fanworks submitted and you can create any type of fanwork. You can fill as many prompts as you want, and prompts can be filled multiple times by whoever wants to fill them. If you don't manage to finish your fill during the event, please do still share, it just won't be counted in the masterlist.

3. Sharing the joy! If you post your fill on tumblr, tag #be_compromised or #clintasha, or @ the comm tumblr and we'll reblog. If you’re posting on AO3, we have a ‘Community: be_compromised’ tag. And we'll post a masterlist of all fills on dreamwidth and tumblr after the event.

RULES

1) Our community rules apply to this event and everyone taking part in it. You do not need to be a member of our community or have a dreamwidth account (or any other specific account) to be involved.

2) As in the community rules, all fills must have a rating and a warning/'no warning applies'/'choose not to warn'. Consider including a warning for spoilers of any media that's been released in the last 6 months or so; not everyone has Disney+ or can get to the cinema.

3) We ask for fills to contain at least a mention of Clint and/or Natasha in some way because we love them, but the whole, wide Marvel Universe is yours to play in. We welcome other characters and pairings (and threesomes or moresomes).

Thank you!

If you have any questions please comment in the 'Questions' thread at the top of this post or contact a mod - inkvoices, CloudAltas aka franztastisch, and gsparkle. You're also very welcome to join us on discord and tumblr.

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Hi All, we’ve been doing some planning for events in 2026 - and for our upcoming 15th birthday in 2027! Read on if you’d like some things to look forward to…

For this year (2026):
- All The Things Friday (ATTF) has been revived and runs throughout the year on the comm discord
- Fic Book Club has been revived and runs throughout the year on the comm discord
- Mini promptathon of love and joy is now live on dreamwidth (no account needed)
- We’ll of course be doing a big summer promptathon (late July/early August to end September) on dreamwidth (no account needed)
- a small virtual con: planning is underway, this is likely to also be in summer and on the comm discord
- halloween trick or treat prompt challenge (October) on dreamwidth (no account needed)
- end of year secret santa fic exchange (sign ups usually start of October) on AO3 with some sign up details required on dreamwidth (no account needed)

In 2026 to be ready for 2027:
- By popular vote, we’re planning a Remix Exchange (dates TBC but in 2027). If you’d like to take part you’ll need to have written a minimum of three fics with Clint and/or Natasha in them and at least one of those must feature both Clint and Natasha, so if you haven’t already then 2026 is your chance! (A remix is essentially fanfic of fanfic; for a remix exchange you write fanfic of someone else’s fanfic, and someone writes fanfic of yours. As an example, this is what we did in 2022.)
- And we’ll be planning a zine on the comm discord, celebrating 15 years of our community, clintasha, and Clint and Nat as characters. We aim to have this ready for the 15th birthday at the start of May 2027.

In 2027:
As well as the above and our usual events, and potentially another, larger virtual con if this year goes well, depending on time and volunteers we’re also looking at doing:
- A big MCU rewatch (or at least the ones with Clint and Nat) throughout the year, on the comm discord
- A ‘15 Challenge’, involving writing 150, 1500, or 15,000 words. Or 15 x 150 words, or… you get the idea! Likely with organisation on dreamwidth (no account needed) and/or AO3

Have fun and celebrate with us on discord, tumblr, dreamwidth, and AO3 (Community: be_compromised tag and Collections)! <3