Grumpy Beastie's Other Lair

I had meant to get this up the last week of September, but was just not able. Better late than never I guess?

October is the beginning of what I call prompt list season. The main factors for this seem to be the flood of alternative lists to Inktober, the fact that virtually any theme of challenge goes well with -tober, and it's the warm up for the holidays & gifting season.

While these are mostly intended for art, they translate well into other things and sometimes you just need a good prompt list. And some of us just hoard them like a dragon.

Because I'm doing this on a phone and linking is difficult, this list will be light on links, but hopefully, I will have given you enough to find anything you find interesting.

On DW, vexed_wench and I are hosting our 10th Fall Fest at allbingo. kiramaru7 has already agreed to make personalized banners for those who make bingo by the end of the month.

At krazykattstableemporium, we have added several new prompt tables: tables 2-7 of the Halloween Baking Challenge inspired prompts, a Batman 85th Anniversary table, a fall flavor inspired table, and fall/Halloween candle inspired table. (We are aware of the typos, but a certain hurricane interrupted the editing process.)

Prompt lists that have caught my attention elsewhere in the wild:

On YouTube, ZoeHartist posted a video titled Alternative Prompt Lists for Inktober in 2024. I found her recommendations quite good and she stays on the prompt list long enough to screencap it and links to where they're from in the video description. In the video, she recommendeds:

- ArtyFartober 2024 - it's a very fall themed list, a bit random, and includes a secondary lite version of the prompt list. She links to the Artyfartists discord & Arty Farty Annie aka Annie Claxton's YouTube channel

- Mab's Drawlloween Club 2024 - this is a popular annual list that doesn't change drastically from year to year. It's mostly creatures and very spooky. It also includes a lite list. She links to MabGraves Instagram.

- Dark Artober 2024 - "1 prompt, 2 days, 0 pressure", the prompts are animal or creature combinations, like ghost + goat or toad + cow. She links to Dark Arts by Racine's YouTube channel.

- #kattober - 31 days of cats, the idea is to use the prompts like upside down, jars, thick, etc. to draw cats, but the creator has stressed it does not have to be cats. She links to Kattvalk's YouTube channel.

- Peachtober 24 - This list is if you are looking for something a little different. Some sample prompts are daisy, sparkle, apricot, pixel, pearl, and grass. She linked to Furrylittlepeach's Instagram.

- in the comments, people also recommended shiptober/otp, which there are usually several versions of every year, and birdtober, which seems to be very popular this year.


The rest of these are from Instagram:

- #inktoberbyash, hosted by ashsgreen. It's their 3rd year and this year's theme is combining cozy, fall + woodland themed prompts. It's a short list with an optional color palette.

- ACFUNTOBER 24 by ayangcempaka. It's a very random, unthemed list of 31 prompts.

- Citrus.mouse's 2024 Inktober prompt list aka #citrusmousetober by citrus.mouse. It's a very classic Halloween list. Citrus.mouse plans on using it to strengthen their flash tattoo portfolio.

- 2024 Witchtober Challenge. The theme this year is bewitched boutiques. There are 5 business themed prompts with mood boards. It has 5 hosts, but I found it via sorubiart's account

- Sharktober 2024. "A fun art challenge about creating shark related art to help spread better representation for those incredible creatures that take care of our oceans." I found it at astralrequin.

- 2024 Doodle-a-Day October by ellolovey. They have been putting up monthly lists of daily prompts all year with optional color palettes. October's is very traditional Halloween.

- Inktober Elves. This is the 7th annual list. The goal is to draw an elf a day. They have included all 7 lists to mix and match as you choose: cottagecore, flora + fauna, magical, autumnal, witchy, professional, & fashionable. There is also an optional element list to combine with your other prompt. Hosted by ranefea.

- Morning Crocodoodles October 2024 by morningcrodiles. The theme is classic horror this month. (They do lists every month.) There are 2 alternative variants of the list and an optional color palette.

- Cat-tober 2024 by black_cattober. Not to be confused with the other cat themed list, this one has prompts that are types of cats.

- Tattoober 2024 by anonymous.ink the prompts are all tattoo themed

- leartober 2024: spooky 2024 prompt list lite by learistically. A short list of spooky prompts.

- Fear'o'ween by boyfear. It has 2 prompts per day, but instead of combining them, you chose between them. Some are creepy, very seasonal.

- Witchtober with Joyouart 2024. It's a bit random, but also has witch's spell ingredients vibes

- calmtober by kriksisart 2024, a shorter list of cozy prompts

- cozy cauldron by marcies_art. It only has 5 prompts

- Goretober 2024 by strawb3rrymeat. Title is self-explanatory

- Mushtober by aly_ber. Loosely mushroom themed list

- Drawtober 2024 by drawtober. 6 prompts. The theme is monster mash.

- pinuptober 2024 by deuza_art. Pinup themed prompts

- Endicott's Tea Party 2024 by lanylevendula. Mostly cozy tea party vibes

- Dolltober 2024 by salem_sisterhood. This list is geared towards doll collectors and doll & toy photography

- Cabinet of Curiosities Inktober 2024, #sadinktober24, by stephanie.artdesign. things you'd find in a cabinet of curiosities.

- minitober magic by minimagia_3 just a very cute & different list

- emojitober by isa.b.e.e the prompts are strings of emojis

- rattober 2024 by thebeanbaguette. You guessed it, rat themed prompts.

- The Haunted Tea House Japan Edition by yumi.tiger This one if fairly self-explanatory

- SuperBatober has no official list, it's just an artist (mikemaihack) drawing Batgirl & Supergirl comics. They are fun. Check them out.

I have 9ish more lists saved and they are great lists, but they are all more typical Halloween lists, cute Halloween lists, or cozy fall lists, and once you start looking for lists, you are bound to find oodles of them. These are just the ones that caught my eye the last week of September.

Challenge #10

In your own space, create a fanwork.

I do not normally write RPF, but One Topic at a Time called for submissions of fanfic about himself and The Click during his Christmas livestream. They plan on doing a livestream or a podcast episode with Salty the Alien, reading out the fanfics, something they have done before. I do not have the confidence to submit a fic for that, but it was inspiration enough for this challenge.

As it's a radio host AU, I don't think you need to know them/the fandom to get it.

For some context as to who One Topic at a Time (OT) and The Click are, they are YouTubers. Both primarily react to memes on Reddit. The Click does most cursed content, reacting to subreddits like r/Insane Parents, r/Found Satan, r/FacebookMoms, and r/FurryIRL. While OT is known for being more wholesome and primarily reacts to the various LGBTQIA+ supportive subreddits, like r/Traaaaaaaaaaaaaaans and r/Sappho and her Friend, though he has been switching to more gaming livestreams, content wise. They have a podcast together called The Shipped Podcast, the title being a play off of the amount of fans that ship them together, where they talk about current event-ish things, youtube related pop culture, and just facts of life. OT is in Canada and The Click is in Sweden.

I have no plans of posting this anywhere else. Please do not repost.

Title: Caller on Line Three
Written for the prompt(s): 2023 Snowflake Challenge & One Topic at a Time's call for fanfic with him and The Click
Fandom: Youtubers RPF
Character|Pair: One Topic at a Time, The Click, Salty the Alien
Words: approx. 500
Rating: PG
Summary: OT's regular caller is on the line.
Warnings: None?
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.

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In your own space, rec a fanwork (fic, art, vid, playlist, anything!) you did not create.

Normally, I try to be a bit varied/multi-fandom with my recs or do a themed list, but for the sake of my sanity, I've limited it to two.

Batnesia by Qui is one of my favorite SuperBats fics of all time, even though it's very new. Bruce Wayne gets amnesia that very specifically only affects his memories that involve being Batman. When he wakes up, one of the first people he sees is Clark staring down at him and immediately assumes Clark is his boyfriend. The BatFam is advised to just go with whatever Bruce thinks and let his memories come back to him on his own. This leads to some hijinks and some surprising self-reflection on Bruce's part. It also has some case fic elements as they try to figure out how Bruce got amnesia in the first place and how to fix it. I'm not going to share my favorite part because, while it is a minor plot point, it is still a bit spoilery. I am going to say, I appreciate that Clark is very aware of the consent issues of being intimate with Bruce while he doesn't know who he is and avoids doing so, much to Bruce's frustration. I haven't reread it in it's entirety since it completed last February, but the updates while it was ongoing were the highlight of my day and is on my “will always rec” list. Also, this fic started the whole “Jason Todd identifies things by licking them” bit of fanon.

Batnesia (69205 words) by Qui
Chapters: 41/41
Fandom: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne
Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Lois Lane, Alfred Pennyworth
Additional Tags: Amnesia, Batfamily (DCU), Damian Wayne is Robin, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, Absurd, Poor Clark, Identity Porn
Summary:

In which Bruce forgets a few key facts, and Clark has to go along with it.

Or, the Bruce-Has-Amnesia Fic we've all been wishing for.

My other rec is the entirety of The Panda Redd's youtube channel
If you are into comics, want to learn more about comics, or enjoy fanmade skits, this is a channel for you. Panda is a college student who is really into comics and cosplay. He started doing skits and comic discussions on Tik Tok in the fall of 2020 and that is still his primary platform (with currently 854.8K followers). I first noticed him around that time on YouTube because his “Robin Roasts” and “Alfred, Call the Guy” skits would show up in the TikTok compilation videos I would watch. In May 2021, Panda started posting his videos to his own YouTube channel. Those first videos were compilations done by category, all the Robin Roasts in one video, all the Tim Tests in one video, etc. Since then, he posts to YouTube monthly with the previous month's Tik Toks into two compilation videos – one for skits and one for discussions. (The downside is, he doesn't timestamp his videos.)

Recently, he has also started making longer form content specifically for YouTube, namely a Halloween special and a Christmas special.

He is very passionate, knowledgeable, and talented. It is a joy just watching him blow up as he gets invitations to speak at podcasts, on convention panels, and other gigs. But at the end of the day, he likes to point out he's just a broke college kid filming skits in his dorm room.

He also streams on twitch (I think, I know he used to do drawing livestreams there).

If you'd rather see his content in a more timely manner, he posts to Tik Tok almost everyday.

I... but... here:

love, cleaning, and robots.

For anyone who needs a pick me up today.