Reblogged cowboylikecahir
hickey really said if the boot fitz
Reblogged thesilliestpotato
vodka mom & wine aunt of the hms erebus
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We proudly present: The Terror Advent Calendar 2025!
The Terror Advent Calendar is an annual fest celebrating The Terror (season 1) and all its characters and ships, throughout the month of December via fic, art, vids, and other forms of fannish expression.
This is mostly a P!atC Server Event, where we will rejoice and squee about each work that gets revealed during December, but anyone with an AO3 account can participate. We'll also post the links to the daily reveals to this Tumblr and we will also publish a masterlist at the end of the event.
Schedule for 2025:
Sign-ups and prompt posts: September 1 - 30 Prompt claims and creation period: September 1 - November 20 Works due: November 20 Works revealed (gradually): Dec 1 - 31 The time for all these steps is: 11:59 AM UTC.
Brought to you by Sir Boaty McBoatface, the creator of @theterrorfebruaryflash; co-mod is @the-golden-vanity.
The gorgeous header art for this event was created by @schestokryl. Check out more of her work on her Tumblr blog and on Bluesky.
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FAQ
Advent Calendar? Is this a Christian event? Do I have to create an X-mas-themed work?
No, The Terror Advent Calendar is not a Christian (or, generally, religious) event. There's no denying that the concept of such an annual fannish event in December has its roots in the wide-spread, originally German Lutheran custom of advent calendars (which first appeared in the 19th century), and we do keep the term "advent" in the name, but it is important to us that this fest itself is not tied to any specific religion or culture. December comes with a multitude of holidays, traditions, and days of significance around the world, be they secular or religious or even fictional (e.g. Festivus or Hogswatch). No matter if and what you celebrate, we like the idea of sweetening the end of the year with daily fanwork reveals during this busy month. There is no specific theme for this fannish event apart from our shared love for The Terror, and we hope there will be something for everyone in it, creators and readers alike.
Why does this event take place throughout the whole month of December? Advent calendars have 24 doors.
Because it's fun and we think there can be no better way to end the year (and start the new one) than with the delight that is fannish creation and community. (Also, not all advent calendars have 24 doors.)
Do I have to be on Discord or Tumblr in order to take part in this fest?
No, an account on these platforms is not required. Sir Boaty has conceived this fest primarily as a P!atC Server Event, where we will rejoice and squee about each work that gets revealed during December, but anyone with an AO3 account can participate. We'll also post the links to the daily reveals to our Tumblr and we will also publish a masterlist at the end of the event. The only account you really need for this fest is an AO3 account. You are, of course, encouraged to post/link to your work anywhere you like to after its reveal; so if you prefer to share your art, for example, on Twitter or Tumblr for greater exposure, then you can crosspost it there as soon as your work is revealed (tag it #theterroradvent).
Is this a fic/gift exchange?
No. The Terror Advent Calendar is a prompt meme, that means participants will not get matched one-on-one and assigned to a gift recipient as is the case in exchanges. So no one is guaranteed a "gift", but there's also much less pressure on participants. Members sign up and post prompts until the defined deadline (see the schedule). Prompts can be claimed by anyone who has an account on the AO3, and the resulting fanworks need to be posted to the collection until the deadline according to schedule. If you need more detailed information on how a prompt meme works (e.g. how to edit your prompts, where to find your claimed prompts etc), please see this section in the AO3 FAQ.
Do I need to be signed up to claim & fill a prompt? What if I missed the sign-up phase?
Admittedly, the term "sign-up" is a tiny bit misleading. The "sign-up" form is for submitting your prompts; if you would like to claim & fill prompts without submitting a prompt yourself, then you do not need to go through the "sign-up" form. Just browse the list of prompts other fans submitted and use the "claim" button to pick whatever tickles your muse. When you claim a prompt it shows up under "My claims" on the collection profile and under "Claims" on your own dashboard. Use the "fulfil" button to post your work, please.
Is this an anonymous event? Will there be author reveals at any point?
Prompt submission happens anonymously by default; you can override this if you want. But the works submitted to the collection will not be anonymous by default. This event is different from The Terror February Flash which has an anon phase; for the advent calendar creators will be known the moment their work is revealed. However, if you really want to submit a work anonymously, you can do this by adding it not only to our event collection, but additionally to one of the Anon collections on the AO3.
Rules
1. The Terror Advent Calendar is an event for adults as some prompts or fanworks might be mature or explicit. By taking part you confirm that you are 18 or older.
2. The focus of your work must be on the show The Terror, season 1. AUs, RPF, and crossovers with other fandoms are allowed. There is no specific theme for this fest.
3. All ratings are welcome in this fest. Don't shy away from explicit stuff; prompt memes have a history of PWP works. However, when you fill a prompt please stick to the preferred rating of the prompter (if stated in the prompt).
4. All genres welcome, including darker subjects if the prompter asks for them (as long as DNWs are respected). Use the AO3 warnings if applicable.
5. All categories (slash, het, gen, femslash, multi, QPR etc.) and pairings welcome!
6. Prompts can be filled by more than one person. You can even fill the same prompt multiple times – the "fulfil" button will show up on the prompt you claimed even if you have already used it for posting a work before.
7. Participants can fill as many prompts as they want to. You can even fill your own prompt.
8. Please list your DNWs (Do-Not-Wants) in the prompt if you want to avoid certain types of content, e.g. rape or permanent character death or specific tropes. When you submit several prompts, please state your DNWs for each. We kindly ask you to not abuse the DNW system: keep it short and simple, and don't box in your creator. You cannot DNW a type of fanwork (e.g. art, podfic etc.) unless there is an honest reason for this (e.g. if vids make you dizzy or you cannot enjoy visual art due to medical restrictions, then it is of course important to mention this). When you fill a prompt, please respect the DNWs listed in the request.
9. All types of fanworks are welcome in this fest: fic, poetry, filks, art, vids, podfic, 3D-crafts, textile art etc. Embed your image/video/audio on the work page. Made a giant cake in the shape of the tuunbaq? Post the photos. Even if a prompt is phrased for fic, it can still be used as inspiration for all kinds of fanworks. The spirit of this fest is: pretty much anything goes as long as you respect the prompter's maximum rating, the chosen pairing(s) (if any), and the DNWs. A prompt is not a commission – artistic license is very welcome here, and our creators are encouraged to use the details given in the prompts as inspiration, not as a list of requirements.
10. Minimum word count for written fanworks is 100 words, with the exception of poetry (no minimum word count for poems). There is no maximum word count. Minimum for art: a doodle or clean sketch (on unlined paper, if you use traditional media); manips are permitted. No banner or icon art, please, unless it accompanies a work of fiction. Absolutely no AI-generated art or fic or vids allowed!!
11. Fanworks in languages other than English are allowed. As this is not a one-on-one gift exchange, but a prompt fest, fanworks in languages other than English are absolutely permitted and welcome! Each prompt can inspire a wide variety of fanworks, and as long as you respect the DNWs and the maximum rating of the chosen prompt, it’s all fine!
12. Works posted to the collection must be new (created for this fest and unpublished) and complete. No WIPs or placeholder uploads! If you post a work with more than one chapter, it must be completed before the end of December 2025. Podfics of older and published works are allowed, as the podfic itself counts as new work.
13. Because this event works like an advent calendar, the works will be gradually revealed, at least one per day, hopefully even more than one if there are enough submissions. There is no anon period, but we ask you to not blabber about your work on social media before it appears in the collection. As soon as your work is revealed, you can link or re-post it anywhere you want to. While your work is in the queue and waiting for its scheduled day to go live, it will be marked as "awaiting approval by the mod". Fear not, this is just part of how the gradual reveal that is key for an advent calendar works. Please note that the AO3 keeps the date on which you submitted your work as publication date. When your Terror advent work gets revealed, you can/should update its publication date to its reveal date. Otherwise a work revealed on Dec 20, for example, might carry the publication date Oct 5. Which is not the end of the world and happens in AO3 prompt memes and fic exchanges often, but updating the date will also make your work appear among the recent ones when people search for a pairing or fandom tag. We mods can't do that for you, by the way; updating the publication date of a work is something only its creator can do.
14. We allow extra works to be posted to the collection: If nothing among the submitted prompts tickles your muse, and if you missed the chance of submitting a prompt that you could have filled yourself, then you can still take part in The Terror Advent Calendar by posting the work directly to the collection, without using any "claim" or "fulfil" button. Make sure to put the correct collection name into the appropriate field during the posting process (e.g. for 2025 the collection name is "theterroradvent2025", without the quote marks), so that the work stays unrevealed until it goes live. We think of these extra works as treats for the whole community. However, please do have a good look at the list of prompts before you choose to take this road. There are such lovely prompts waiting for creators to pick them, and this should take priority over treats.
15. Last but not least: Be courteous to the other participants, act in good faith and assume good faith. For all questions, please contact the mods (here via Ask, or by email: hmssirboatymcboatface@gmail.com). We are happy to help!
Reblogged fitzloser
its sooo funny how much no one likes goodsir in the first few episodes the crews being all UGH who invited the NERD he cant HAUL he can't HANG WITH THE BOYS
i think the only exceptions are
- gore (calls him a doctor)
- mcdonald (lends him his journals)
and everybody else is so annoyed with his presence
Godddd I'm just thinking about how Hickey must've felt when Gibson betrayed him to Irving. Like, he has found one person who he thought loved and trusted him after probably many years of not being able to trust anyone. To be betrayed like that must've been devastating. It makes me wonder if his craving for power comes from a need to control people so they don't betray him.
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This one gives me a giggle & is one of the more actually Halloween-y edits I have managed to conjure. thank u @frogs4johndenver for ur input on this, i love u <3 happy october & see some of you again tomorrow :3
Reblogged brainyraccoons
Happy Trafalgar Day to James Fitzjames who ended arguably much much worse than Nelson.
Reblogged asparklethatisblue
i say "[X] must die for their crines" a lot and nobody knows it's a reference to a sir john franklin parody account run by the group of transformers fans on twitter who were out here inventing fitzier years before the terror even aired
Reblogged lesbianbillygibson
really love how hodgson’s idea of a conversation is either sharing a fun fact or sharing the most harrowing experience of his life