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May Trope Mayhem is a multi-fandom/original creation event open to writers, artists, and creators of all kinds! We’ve put together a list of 30 of our favorite tropes (plus one free day!), one per day through the month of May, and we encourage creators to join us for this month of fun tropey mayhem.

Our goal is to promote motivation and help with habit building, so we’re encouraging authors to keep their ficlets under 1,000 words, artists to stick to making just a sketch, gif makers to only do a single image, etc., as applicable to whatever you’re making.

This event is primarily held on Tumblr, but you’re welcome to participate anywhere Duck Prints Press has an account (you can see all our current platforms here) and we’ll keep our eyes on our tag everywhere!

How can you participate? It’s easy! There’s just a few simple rules:

write a ficlet or a poem, create art, make a gif, or create any other content that you want, aligned with the prompt for the day!

post your correctly tagged fills to Tumblr, and we’ll reblog them! We’ll reskeet works on Bluesky, retoot those on Mastodon, you get the idea. Note: we do not use Twitter.

you must tag warnings such as gore, MCD, sexual content, etc., so that people can make informed decisions!

please also tag fandom and ship, so people can find what interests them!

we ask that you put the tags at the top of your post, so they’re easy to find.

if you write more than 1k words and post the whole text on Tumblr or wherever, please use a read more if the platform allows.

if you create something with NSFW content or potentially triggering material, please put the entire work under a read more.

Ping us (duckprintspress) or tag your creations “#may trope mayhem” and so we can find them! We’ll reblog all fills that follow the above rules and are posted between May 1st and June 8th, 2024.

If you post to AO3, you can also add them to our collection there!

You don’t have to sign up for May Trope Mayhem, just post your fills. You don’t have to be a member of the Press nor do you have to be following us. You don’t have to be part of a specific fandom. We’re open to all ships, genres, formats, etc.! You don’t have to post fills on the corresponding day, though we ask that if you’re creating for a day that hasn’t happened yet, please wait for that day to post.

Participating in May Trope Mayhem? Want to chat fandom, books, creation, and more? Join our Book Lover’s Discord Server!

This is a low-pressure event, held in good fun, and we look forward to seeing what you create!

(read more: the full list of prompts written out! with links or definitions to any prompts we thought might be confusing!)

MAY TROPE MAYHEM Prompt List!

Secret Relationship

Mistaken Identity

Accidental Ownership (Character A accidentally ends up the owner of Character B)

Space Western Setting

Marriage Before Love

Time Loop

Wound Tending

"This is our get-along shirt."

Reincarnation

Mutual Pining

Forced Proximity

Sentinel/Guide

Vampires

Outsider Point of View

Monster F*ing (censored in the image)

Foodservice Setting

Meet Cute

"Keep your dog on a leash."

Mecha

The Soulmate Goose of Enforcement

Steampunk

Love Requited Too Late

Bottom Storage (or however you feel like interpreting it!)

Werewolf/Shifter Character

Fake Relationship

Reciprocal Idiots (like idiots to lovers, or however else you feel like interpreting it!)

There Was Only One Bed

OMG They Were Roommates

Soul-Bonding

Homoerotic Swordfighting

Free day!

#tempted to do some of these for Joldren and Crowlyon #esp secret relationship

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Me, at work in the lab: *perfectly untangles Crowlyon dialogue that haunts me*

Me, in front of my computer hours later: ...mmmwhat was all that again?

#just wanna download it straight from my brain pls #writing struggles #new tag

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Thank you!!! 🫂💚😘 Always appreciate your support.

Hell is having Jolyon and Crow in my head 24/7 and having to work. And when I do have time to write the words will not FLOW.

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Hell is having Jolyon and Crow in my head 24/7 and having to work. And when I do have time to write the words will not FLOW.

#hoping to get over the speed bump in wild hunt on my flights this weekend

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I HAVE A GOOD OMENS AU IDEAAAA!!!!!!!

***READY?!***

Reincarnation AU!!!!!

CROWLEY AND AZIRAPHALE CHOSE TO BE REBORN AS HUMANS AND FIND EACH OTHER!!!!!

If anyone has anything to add feel free!!!!

#ohhh hmmmm #good omens #good omens fic ideas #good omens fanfic ideas

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Reblog if you write fic and people can inbox you random-ass questions about your stories, itemized number lists be damned.

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WIP Wednesday - Wild Hunt: Chapter 7 Preview

Takes place immediately after Chapter 6! @subtlybrilliant and @everythingididididforher, enjoy!

He was in the Garden. He knew because of the way his senses were being assaulted. 

The air tasted sour but stunk of rotten fruit, pungent with the smell of decay. He could feel the humidity on his skin, seeping between layers of armor to cover him with a sticky feeling he’d be scrubbing off for months to come. His eyes and throat burned from the spores and the pollen that was kicked up in his wake. All around him was the sound of rain pounding. 

And of Uldren calling his name. 

“Jolyon! This way!”

“Uldren!” Jolyon cleared his throat against the spores and humidity, his vocal cords rusty around his name. “Wait up!” 

The prince waded through waist high reeds, his hair stuck to his face, the hood of his cloak long ago soaked through. Jolyon could almost make out the sound of mud sucking at Uldren’s boots as the prince marched forward. 

Jolyon ran, but could not catch up. 

He fell multiple times, splashing in mud and disrupting the reeds, glittering metallic spores spawning in response. His boots were soaked, his hands caked in soil that glistened like circuit boards. On some distant level he knew he was cold, but the need to reach Uldren outweighed his discomfort. 

Uldren turned and stopped. Even in the pouring rain, he took the time to prop his fists on his hips. 

“Never knew you were so slow!” Uldren called, though Jolyon did not remember his lips moving. It was like his words were projected straight into Jolyon’s head. 

Jolyon growled, Uldren’s petulance spurring him forward faster. 

And then he was next to Uldren, bent double with his hands on his knees as he heaved in air that burned his throat.

“Slow poke,” Uldren teased and Jolyon could not help but smile. “And still too late.”

Jolyon looked up and met Uldren’s sad smile. He did not notice the vines until they were past Uldren’s waist. 

“It’s okay,” Uldren soothed as Jolyon started to pull frantically at the vines without success, the rain and the smooth surface causing them to slip between his hands. With a curse he pulled the knife from his thigh holster. 

“Jolyon,” Uldren said softly as Jolyon slashed at the vines only to have them split and grow at twice the rate. They already encircled his chest and were quickly climbing to his shoulders. 

No matter what Jolyon did, he could not keep up. 

“Jolyon.” Uldren’s hands found Jolyon’s and stilled them. 

Jolyon stopped, his chest heaving with the knife loose in his hand. As he stared at Uldren’s face, at his beautiful golden eyes, he saw vines creep up Uldren’s neck in his periphery. 

Uldren brought his hands up to either side of Jolyon’s face and cupped it gently. 

“Jolyon.” Crow rubbed his thumbs over Jolyon’s cheekbones. “It’s time to let go.” 

Jolyon tilted his head in question, and then it hit him. 

“Uldren, no-!”

But it was too late. Uldren was pushing him away, and he was falling backwards. 

Everything happened in slow motion. The vines enclosing around Uldren’s throat, his mouth, his eyes. Jolyon falling, his arms flailing, his knife flinging out of his grip to land in the reeds, lost to time. He was helpless as Uldren was overtaken, over-run, consumed by the Garden. 

Jolyon landed on his back in the reeds, the air knocking out of his lungs. He wheezed as his body sunk into the mud. He felt himself sink lower as though the Garden was trying to absorb him. He stared blankly up at the blue-green sky, unwilling to look at what Uldren had become.  

The rain had stopped, at least. 

Then he felt the vines start to creep up his legs. And his arms. 

He did not struggle. Instead, he closed his eyes.

And he let go.

#wild hunt #wip wednesday #jolyon till #uldren sov #jolyon till the rachis #joldren #crowlyon

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100% yes!!!

Get ready to get WIP'd tomorrow!

Tagging @everythingididididforher and @subtlybrilliant ! ‼️👀⁉️

#wild hunt #poll results

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Tagging @everythingididididforher and @subtlybrilliant ! ‼️👀⁉️

#next day reblog #only 4ish hours left!

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Tagging @everythingididididforher and @subtlybrilliant ! ‼️👀⁉️

#wild hunt #jolyon till #uldren sov

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I want to post a poll for what Jolyon/Crow/Uldren fic to work on next but I gotta wait until I am about to post the final chapter of Wild Hunt to do so.

This is what I call creating motivation.

#the blorbos do not cease spinning #idk why they have me in such a grip rn #wild hunt #jolyon till #uldren sov #crow

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One Fear: the end of Wild Hunt is not going to coome together like I want.

#having jolyon and crow talk is difficult

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Something about April always brings me back to Phantom of the Opera. Idee Fixe updates may be imminent.

As my dear muse @subtlybrilliant says, it's #SewerBoySpring. 🤣

#idee fixe #sewer boy spring

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Already starting to plan a sequel to Wild Hunt called Bait and Snare. Let's just say a certain Awoken sniper and Guardian team up for some delicious revenge. 👀

#wild hunt #jolyon till #crow #the crow destiny 2 #destiny 2

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Living in Sin - Chapter 8 - Good Omens Season 2 Roommates AU - NOW AVAILABLE ON AO3!

Read it on AO3 here. Read it from the beginning here.

Chapter Preview:

Crowley was one-hundred percent convinced that grocery car parks were one of Hell’s many inventions. Driving in London was always challenging so really Crowley should have tempered his expectations if he thought a small area jammed with cars, people, and those blasted grocery carts would bring out the best in humanity.  Crowley spent almost a half hour inching along the pavement aisles attempting to find a suitable parking spot for his beloved Bentley. Aziraphale would gently point out a spot and Crowley would make his approach only to be beaten out by parents’ Tokyo drifting their minivans into the sighted parking spot at the last second. He let them know just how he felt by blaring his horn and stringing together creative curses that had parents’ jaws dropping in horror and their kids’ jaws dropping in admiration.  After his outburst, Aziraphale would gently pat his arm and point out another open spot and the process would start all over again.  Finally, Crowley’s patience extinguished and he drove to a corner of the lot and discreetly miracled a parking spot. He turned the Bentley into it sharply and flipped off a minivan as it zoomed past behind them.  “Fuck off!” he shouted as he flung open the door. Apparently a man shouting obscenities was commonplace at the grocery and barely anyone turned in his direction.  “Really, dear,” Aziraphale chided softly as he straightened his waistcoat, “was that necessary?” Crowley growled and snapped his fingers to place an anti-cart ward on the Bentley. Like heaven was he going to stand seeing her damaged by someone’s carelessness to return a cart.  “Let’s go,” he snapped as he sauntered towards the grocery entrance. If Crowley thought the car park was a hellish invention, then he could argue that the grocery itself was the tenth circle of hell.

Also never done this before but...@goodomensafterdark !

#next day reblog

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*cracks open a new chapter in my Wild Hunt folder*

Time to make Jolyon Till suffer (more).

#wild hunt #progress report

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Living in Sin - Chapter 8 - Good Omens Season 2 Roommates AU - NOW AVAILABLE ON AO3!

Read it on AO3 here. Read it from the beginning here.

Chapter Preview:

Crowley was one-hundred percent convinced that grocery car parks were one of Hell’s many inventions. Driving in London was always challenging so really Crowley should have tempered his expectations if he thought a small area jammed with cars, people, and those blasted grocery carts would bring out the best in humanity.  Crowley spent almost a half hour inching along the pavement aisles attempting to find a suitable parking spot for his beloved Bentley. Aziraphale would gently point out a spot and Crowley would make his approach only to be beaten out by parents’ Tokyo drifting their minivans into the sighted parking spot at the last second. He let them know just how he felt by blaring his horn and stringing together creative curses that had parents’ jaws dropping in horror and their kids’ jaws dropping in admiration.  After his outburst, Aziraphale would gently pat his arm and point out another open spot and the process would start all over again.  Finally, Crowley’s patience extinguished and he drove to a corner of the lot and discreetly miracled a parking spot. He turned the Bentley into it sharply and flipped off a minivan as it zoomed past behind them.  “Fuck off!” he shouted as he flung open the door. Apparently a man shouting obscenities was commonplace at the grocery and barely anyone turned in his direction.  “Really, dear,” Aziraphale chided softly as he straightened his waistcoat, “was that necessary?” Crowley growled and snapped his fingers to place an anti-cart ward on the Bentley. Like heaven was he going to stand seeing her damaged by someone’s carelessness to return a cart.  “Let’s go,” he snapped as he sauntered towards the grocery entrance. If Crowley thought the car park was a hellish invention, then he could argue that the grocery itself was the tenth circle of hell.

Also never done this before but...@goodomensafterdark !

#good omens #ineffable husbands #living in sin #good omens fanfic #good omens fanfiction #ineffable husbands fanfic #ineffable husbands fanfiction #crowley #aziraphale #roommates au