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carryon-countdown · 8 months

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🍂Carry On Countdown 2023 • Prompt List ❄️

Hello, friends! We are excited to announce that it is once again time for the annual 2023 Carry On Countdown. The Carry On Countdown is a fandom hosted, month-long ‘countdown’ event to the Chapter 61 Snowbaz anniversary for The Simon Snow Trilogy by Rainbow Rowell. The event begins on November 25th and features daily prompts to help inspire all kinds of delightful, fan-created content as we draw closer to Simon and Baz’s anniversary date on December 24th.

We encourage fanfiction, fanart, cosplay, memes, songs, playlists, crafts, etc. The prompts are completely up to your own interpretation and can be used in your content however you like, but if you have any questions, please send us an ask.

Speaking of, this year’s admins are thrilled to present the prompt list for the 2023 Carry On Countdown:

Day 1, NOV 25: Creature

Day 2, NOV 26: Confession

Day 3, NOV 27: AU/Alternate Universe

Day 4, NOV 28: Stars

Day 5, NOV 29: Fight

Day 6, NOV 30: WLW

Day 7, DEC 1: Midnight

Day 8, DEC 2: Sick

Day 9, DEC 3: Pride

Day 10, DEC 4: Wrath

Day 11, DEC 5: Side Ships/Alternative Ships

Day 12, DEC 6: Wings

Day 13, DEC 7: Shudder

Day 14, DEC 8: Blade

Day 15, DEC 9: Familiar

Day 16, DEC 10: Smoke

Day 17, DEC 11: Fluff

Day 18, DEC 12: Hunger

Day 19, DEC 13: Sci-Fi

Day 20, DEC 14: Flowers

Day 21, DEC 15: Begin Again

Day 22, DEC 16: Music

Day 23, DEC 17: Bite

Day 24, DEC 18: Cross

Day 25, DEC 19: Carnival/Faire

Day 26, DEC 20: Angst

Day 27, DEC 21: Gift

Day 28, DEC 22: Gently

Day 29, DEC 23: Cherry

Day 30, DEC 24: Crack

You are welcome to participate in as many or as few of the days of the event as you wish. Completing every daily prompt for the COC is not mandatory, although anyone who does will earn a special spot on our “Page of Honour” once the event has concluded.

The COC is a fan-created and fan-run event, and once again we have another dedicated team of admins who are busy organizing all of the fun: Cora @otherpeoplesheartachept-2, Lola @dragoneggos, Froggy @jasonfunderberkerthefrogexists, and Raegan @carryonmylovelies. Please stay tuned for our Meet the Admin’s post in a few weeks!

If you can believe it, this is the 8th consecutive year that the fandom has hosted this countdown, and its admins are thrilled to continue this cherished tradition with you all. We wish everyone who is planning on participating in the countdown the best of luck. And don’t forget! Our askbox is always open for any questions you may have concerning this event.

Reblogs are very much appreciated (please reblog!), and the hashtags we encourage using with posts relating to the countdown are #Carry On Countdown and #COC 2023.

With love,

The admins of the 2023 Carry On Countdown <3

#carry on countdown #coc 2023 #simon snow #baz pitch #snowbaz #the simon snow trilogy #carry on #wayward son #any way the wind blows #rainbow rowell #please share and reblog!

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alexalexinii · 6 months

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COC Day 28 - Gentle

"Be gentle with me... Even if you don't have to."

I forgot how many banger lines AWTWB has. This reread has been great for my health.

@carryon-countdown

#carry on countdown 2023 #carry on countdown #coc 2023 #carry on #co/ws/awtwb #simon snow trilogy #snowbaz #simon snow #baz pitch #tyrannus basilton grimm pitch #rainbow rowell #my art

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onepintobean · 6 months

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COC day 28 | Gently

secret dates and gentle kisses in the wavering wood

#carry on countdown #carry on countdown 2023 #carry on in animal crossing #ebb petty #the dryad #this couple makes me so sad but I love the dryad so much and I've been waiting so long for a chance to make her in animal crossing #the simon snow series by rainbow rowell

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johnwgrey · 1 year

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DAY 28 OF COC - SHIVER

#carry on countdown #coc 2022 #carry on #the simon snow trilogy #rainbow rowell #johnwgrey does coc

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sailorblossoms · 2 years

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COC 2022 FICS - COMPLETE

Here’s the full list of every single thing I wrote this year for carry on countdown – (which turned out to be... a fucking lot haha). I also uploaded all the short fics I shared here first... here

Day 1: The End

A Cold Child (G, 213 words)

Is it him who is cold? He has never been cold before.

Takes place a few days after Baz is bitten.

Day 2: AU

Can't Fight This Feeling (T, 2.8k words)

Watford-era. AU where Simon and Baz never felt like they had to be enemies. (Friends to lovers)

Day 3: Expectations

Where I Want To Be (T, 3.2k words)

Simon never expected to find himself in this situation. (But he’s not complaining.)

Or: Rose Salisbury had a baby, but she doesn’t want to be a mother. Enter Lady Ruth. But she’s too old, and she worries she won’t be around to care for little Lucille for long. Enter Simon Salisbury. He loves children. He’s also lonely, directionless, and doesn’t think he will ever find love.

Enter Baz Pitch.

Day 4: Cake

Mountains of Cake (G, 371 words)

"What are you doing here?" The dark-haired boy repeats.

The freckled boy closes his mouth. He hasn’t realized he was staring with his mouth open. “You’re very pretty,” he blurts out.

Day 7: Veil

A Lovely Little Girl (G, 617 words)

Simon and Baz's adoptive daughter has a strange encounter.

Day 8: Lyrics

He’s Got The Power (T, 2.8k words)

Simon has the power. Baz has control. Together, they’re magic.

Day 9: Staff

"What if Cinderella wanted to kiss the fairy godmother instead" (G, under 400 words)

Day 10: Angst

Mismatched (M, 3k words)

Watford-era. Agatha and Simon don't want to acknowledge that they make each other miserable. When they are cursed to bodyswap for a day, it becomes impossible to ignore. It becomes downright unbearable.

Takes place towards the end of 7th year.

Day 11: WLW

Margaret/Blue (G, Drabble)

Day 12: Devour

Lover for life (E, 1k words)

It’s a huge turn on, knowing Simon wants him like this. To feel this wanted. Baz can no longer remember what it was like to be denied.

Takes place between awtwb and Snow for Christmas

Day 13: Devotion

Hopelessly Devoted To You (T, 1.5k words)

I used to expect nothing of him. Nothing but loving him hopelessly, silently. Fruitlessly. Numbly. Many times I wished I could stop, but the heart wants what the heart wants. When you truly love someone, there is no turning it off.

Inspired by awtwb's break up, but much shorter, with less thought, and with more 70s music, basically.

Day 14: Cryptid (400 words)

There’s infected blood and a kiss. The vibe is “unhinged.”

Day 16: Bridge

Always on My Mind (M, 1.3k words)

Distantly, he considers that Baz didn't call him because he actually needed help. He probably just wanted Simon there. Simon doesn’t mind. He likes that Baz always wants him around.

Superhero AU

Day 17: Match

Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered (M, ongoing)

Simon Snow is the dashing hero of a fairytale. Saving the day is all he knows. A hero must have a match—that means a princess, of course. Who else could it be?

Baz Pitch is perpetually tired. He's lonely and bored and he might or might not be a little depressed. When Simon Snow suddenly burst out of one of his books, his entire world changes.

Day 22: Ritual

You Have Bewitched Me (T, ongoing)

A worried mother casts a ritual to help her daughter find a suitable match for marriage before finishing Watford. The effect is much stronger than anticipated, and now all the single girls are after a single boy in possession of a good fortune. On the surface, no one fits the bill better than Baz… And Simon doesn’t take it well. He doesn’t take it well at all.

Takes place during their 7th year.

Day 25: Sleep

A short sleeping beauty AU where Simon is cursed to sleep (G, around 500 words)

Day 28: Shiver

Loverboy (E, 1.4k words)

Enthusiasm takes over—like I’m starving for cock, and he’s the only thing in the world that can satiate my hunger.

He is.

He is everything.

Day 30: the beginning

Agatha begins to realize things. Takes place between CO and Wayward Son. (Or in which Agatha buries her head in sand and thinks about Simon to avoid unpacking her own shit)

#carry on countdown #2022 #my coc entries #snowbaz fanfic

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palimpsessed · 1 year

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Friends! Hello! I have completed the first draft of Chapter 28 of Slings and Eros after...idk. Two months? A while. I spent 10 hours yesterday writing another fucking prophecy for some ungodly reason. But I’m not sharing that because it’s probably all spoilery or indecipherable. (Don’t try dactylic hexameter. Do not. Just👏 say👏 no👏)

Here’s some Baz POV I haven’t decided I’m keeping yet. I think I just need to build out the scene. (Slightly redacted because after I grabbed this section I realized there were spoilers for the previous chapter oops.)

He's been tearing a piece of bread into shreds in what can only be described as anxious mutilation. If he hadn't also been eating each of the pieces in turn, I'd be truly worried about his mental state.

We're sitting on some larger stones in a rock formation facing the river, shaded by a stand of olive trees. The sun is bright in my eyes and sparkles as it hops around the surface of the rushing water.

It's picturesque, but I can't really enjoy it, as my stomach is still very much tying itself up in knots. Perhaps I can use one of those knots to loop around my throat so I won't have to answer Simon's inane questions about floral arrangements.

Art stuff and tags below ⬇️

I have one more art thing planned for COC. A late add on unplanned. Hmm. Here’s a small sketch that won’t tell you much.

Also here’s a banner I made that has all my art from this year except for the porn which I’m pretending doesn’t exist 😅 I have maxed out the allowed 100 links on my masterlist and I’ve been meaning to reorganize it for a while. So. That’ll be a vacation time project I think.

Thanks for all the tags the past couple weeks while I’ve spent too much time on art to post anything. This is me giving you all a tag back for today or any day. 🫂❤️🥰 @ionlydrinkhotwater @martsonmars @facewithoutheart @cutestkilla @bookish-bogwitch @artsyunderstudy @takitalks @ivelovedhimthroughworse @confused-bi-queer @urban-sith @shrek-gogurt @fatalfangirl @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @johnwgrey @onepintobean

#six sentence sunday #slings and eros

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ic3-que3n · 1 year

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COC day 28: shiver.

I got the sketch done and I gave up. 🤷

#mine #coc 2022 #carry on countdown #snowbaz #simon snow #baz pitch #carry on #i liked the sketch and idk I didn’t want to do more

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monstersdownthepath · 2 years

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Lord of the Seventh: Baalzebul, Lord of the Flies

CR 30

Lawful Evil Large Outsider

Bestiary 6, pg. 16-17 (image taken from the Complete Book of the Damned, page 28 obviously)

While Baalzebul here has a perfectly good and accessible picture online that doesn’t require sloppy editing, I feel like the Lord of the Flies would be insulted if I didn’t use this particular piece for him, one of the better illustrations in the entirety of the Complete Book of the Damned. Just look at that imperious angle! You can practically FEEL the command to kneel radiating off it. You’re not good enough to look upon the greatest of the Archdevils in his entirety. He doesn’t have Overwhelming Presence, but he may as well! Any winged creature that attempts attacking him has to make a DC 39 Will save to do anything but fall to their knees and praise him, which suits him just fine.

Sin isn’t quite the wheelhouse of the devils, y’know, that’s more of a demon thing. The Archdevils don’t match up entirely to the Seven Deadly Sins (mostly because there’s nine of them), though Mammon is clearly Greed, while Asmodeus handily embodies Pride. Without that particular design restriction holding him back, Baalzebul is freely allowed to embody all of them at once. Unassailable pride, bottomless greed, endless gluttony, wasteful lust, burning wrath, frigid envy, and hand-wringing sloth can each be found somewhere in the churning mass of the Lord of Flies, his entire being convinced he’s absolute perfection and deserves to rule and command all else... all the while Asmodeus keeps a hand firmly on his head and prevents him from rising an inch higher. One of three beings to be crafted by Prince of Darkness directly and the only one to have been made before the Exodus, Baalzebul is Asmodeus’ greatest enforcer, his most powerful warrior, his most useful tool, and rightfully feared even by the other Archdevils.

Unfortunately, for all the glory he’s brought Hell, his demands to rule alongside Asmodeus ran counter to the Prince’s desire to be at the absolute top of the pyramid above all else, and Baalzebul was summarily swatted to the ground hard enough to shatter into millions of pieces for his ego. His beauty and physical perfection stolen from him and his creators’ intentions made painfully clear, did Hell’s Angel humbly thank his master for sparing his life despite his hubris? Of course not. Now he works harder than ever to curry his master’s favor in the vain hope that one day he may break through Amodeus’ exterior and be viewed as a partner rather than a pawn.

That day will never come. Asmodeus knows it. Part of Baalzebul knows it. It drives him to endless frustration, frustration he takes out on any creature that doesn’t show him the complete submission and respect he’s owed by all beings, striking them down with cold steel, cold swarms, and the coldest magic in the multiverse until they learn to kneel.

And when I say “coldest,” I mean it. We’ve all seen at least four fire-based boss monsters with abilities that let them bypass Fire Resistance and immunity, and there’s plenty more I haven’t yet covered or forgot about! Fire’s popular! But Cold? Cold is right there in second place, and is resisted or outright ignored by more or less any creature that lives too far north, south, up (space), or down (caverns). Protection from Fire practically rains from the sky, and Cold isn’t far behind... Which is why Baalzebul has the coldest Cold you can have. His Hellfrost divides all his Cold damage in half; one half normal, one half the unholy damage we’ve all come to know and love, irresistible and doubly-damaging to any creature with the Good subtype. However, his comes with a unique caveat: Hellfrost’s unholy damage does nothing to Devils, allowing him to freely blast his own troops with his Quickened Freezing Sphere or Empowered Cone of Cold (both 3/day) without risk. ... well, without MUCH risk, since Empowered CoC deals an average of about 80 damage, which means Devils in the area risk taking 40, and only a scant few Devils are actually immune to Cold. Not even Pit Fiends are fully immune!

But their lives are worth it in the long run. Asmodeus needs only perfection in his army, and if they’re too weak to survive the magic of Hell’s Angel, they wouldn’t have served well anyway. If Baalzebul needs precision, he has Icy Prison at will, and it’s all he really needs; 30 Cold damage a round to a single target even if they successfully save until they untangle themselves from the ice? There’s little else he needs as the party closes in, just casually pinging them one at a time with a Save-and-Suck. Casters who, for some reason, are without Freedom of Movement (and why wouldn’t you have that on 24/7?!) likely lack both the Reflex save to dodge the initial cast and the ability to succeed the DC 45 Strength check needed to break out of the ice (or the entanglement that occurs even if they succeed), giving Baalzebul room to cast even more dangerous spells.

Spells like... well, being honest, though, the stars of Baalzebul’s spell-likes aren’t the ones that utilize his Hellfrost: He can confound many parties with an at-will Greater Invisibility, granting him 30 rounds of a shroud that won’t break if he Full-Attacks or casts spells, and probably one of the worst spells you can possibly see on a boss’ spell list that’s not Time Stop (which he also has, mind): Mass Suffocation 1/day. A single failed save against Mass Suffocation spells certain death for any character who can’t get the thing dispelled, their lives now on a dangerous ticking clock, because unless they can succeed a DC 31 Fortitude save every round for *checks math* 30 rounds, they’re dropped to 0 HP their very next failure, and effectively dead the round after. Notably, being afflicted by Suffocation prevents you from speaking at all, reducing your ability to communicate with your party and, more importantly, preventing you from using any abilities requiring your voice. No Bardic music, no shouts of inspiration, no spells with verbal components.

Baalzebul seems to have a thing for throttling people, which makes sense! He has to be dangerous, and there’s nothing more dangerous at any level than being strangled to death. It works on any creature that needs to breathe and kills in, essentially, 2 rounds. The Lord of the Flies can collapse into four squares of flies in any arrangement he requires and recorporate as needed, his Suffocating Swarm form dealing 7d8+26 damage to everything that begins its turn inside it and forcing all damaged creatures to make DC 42 Fortitude save or become nauseated and afflicted by Suffocation (the normal, 3-round version, not the 30-round Mass version). He can potentially severely ruin a party’s plan by Greater Teleporting right on top of them and dissolving into his Suffocating Swarm to strike four of them at once (or being in swarm form to begin with; it doesn’t stop him from using his spell-likes!), recorporating on his next turn and delivering his painful Full-Attack.

Baalze’s weapon of choice for delivering pain is a +5 Adamantine Good-Outsider-Bane Icy Burst Unholy Longsword, a ridiculously long weapon name with decent damage because of its size: 2d6+24+1d6 Cold! 3d6+24+1d6 versus Good targets, 5d6+26+1d6 versus Good Outsiders, and it critically strikes on a 17 or higher. On a crit, that’s +1d10 Cold damage for just an additional push. While not exactly on par with Moloch or Geryon’s melee power, he’s fully able to deliver a Full-Attack and then discorporate into his Suffocating Swarm for extra off-turn damage.

Speaking of off-turn damage, whether he’s solid or in swarm form, the first time any creature damages him with an unarmed, touch, or natural attack, his Biting Blackflies quickly swarm them, chewing into their bodies for 7d6 damage and threatening to nauseate them if they fail a DC 42 Fortitude save. The flies tenaciously cling to everyone they damage, dealing 7d6 more damage on the victim’s next turn, and if they keep attacking the Lord of Flies, that train will just keep on rolling. If he keeps his movements short and sweet--less than 5ft a round--his swarm expands outwards to cover a 10ft bubble around him, afflicting all creatures who enter or begin their turn in the bubble with his Blackflies.

And it does without saying, but I’ll say it anyway, that having a body made up of endless flies gives him incredible amounts of defense regardless of if he’s solid or discorporated. Like any swarm, he takes additional damage from AoE effects... but nothing that affects only a single target or a limited number of targets affects him at all. No Disintegrate, Slow, Harm, Hold Monster, Maze, or Energy Drain, no nothing! ... please don’t hit him with Blade Barrier though.

Oh, you’re just casting Blade Barrier anyway?

FOOLISH

Because Baalzebul has tricks upon tricks, and his Swarm Body is one seriously loaded ability. For one, he reduces ALL Slashing, Bludgeoning, and Piercing damage he takes by half (which is further lowered if it can’t get past his DR 20/Epic, Good, and Silver), he cannot be flanked, and he’s immune to critical hits and precision damage. Most AoE spells that could take advantage of his vulnerability crash into his hefty resistances anyway (he’s immune to both Fire and Cold and has 30 Acid Resistance... but notably no defenses against Electricity or Sonic... hmmm), so you’re kind of stuck figuring out a way to try and hurt him. Maybe just buffing yourselves, as per usual, and outlasting him?

Just be very, very careful about what you use within 30ft of him, because his envious greed gives him an advantage that’s likely to make the party Cleric consider if that Heal spell is worth using: Usurper. ANY spell a caster attempts using on themselves or ANY effect any characters tries activating on themselves while within 30ft of Baalzebul can be copied onto him, with him gaining all the effects as well as the caster. He can only have one effect copied at a time, but this means little if he copies a Heal. Among other things, this means attempting to use common spells like Haste, Foresight, Shapechange, or Death Ward will grant him their benefits... and you may notice I said “effects” as well, which opens the door to letting Usurper copy things like Barbarian Rages, Alchemist Mutagens, and Inquisitor Judgements! Maybe buff yourself before combat starts... if he gives you the time to.

Do you want to know an especially fun fact, though? Time Stop is a spell a caster uses on themselves. If Baalzebul usurps it, that means he gets to move in their stopped time, effectively trapping them in a one-on-one with him.

I, personally, think it’s funny to imagine the party’s wizard trying to use Time Stop and, from the rest of the party’s perspective, they shout “TIME STOP!” and then fall over dead with the boss now floating above their fly-eaten corpse.

You can read more about him here.

#Monster Spotlight #CR 26 and up #Nine Tyrants Month #pathfinder #Dungeons and Dragons

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takenabackbytuesdays · 1 year

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My Tumblr year in review

I posted 131 times in 2022

It's my first year on tumblr

73 posts created (56%)

58 posts reblogged (44%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@jelazakazone

@charliespringsleftconverse

@phantomfan16

@heartstoppable

@carryon-countdown

I tagged 102 of my posts in 2022

Only 22% of my posts had no tags

#heartstopper tv - 64 posts

#free to use - 41 posts

#gifs by me - 41 posts

#say it with heartstopper - 41 posts

#reaction gif - 41 posts

#simon snow series - 25 posts

#carry on countdown - 16 posts

#coc 2022 - 16 posts

#takenabackart - 14 posts

#fanart - 10 posts

Longest Tag: 42 characters

#what's getting soaked compared to charlie?

My Top Posts in 2022:

Say it with Heartstopper: Love

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Say it with Heartstopper: Queer words of wisdom

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Say it with Heartstopper: Yes!

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Day 12, DEC 6: Devour

@carryon-countdown

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My #1 post of 2022

Speculating about Heartstopper sexuality

I deeply love Heartstopper and despite Miss Singh's wise words, I wonder about how the characters each identify.

Starting with Charlie:

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Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

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oyabun-draws · 1 year

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coc 2022 Day 28: Shiver

sorry i have some angst today

this isn’t based on an actual scene, but more inspired by a specific line. I was obsessed with the line “my kingdom for a good shudder” since I first read it but I wasn’t sure exactly what to draw based on it. @carryonmylovelies helped me a lot with coming up with a way to visualize that line. thank u bestie!

and thank u @rainbowrowell for writing one of the best lines i’ve read

#idk what it is exactly about that line that i love so much #but i was so obsessed with it that i almost made it my header #which i havent chaned the entire time ive had tumblr #coc 2022 #carry on countdown #carry on #snowbaz #rainbow rowell #fanart #my art #mine #awtwb #simon snow series

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carryon-countdown · 2 years

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❄️ The 2022 Carry On Countdown Prompt List 🕯

Hello hello! It's now time to announce the prompt list for this year's Carry On Countdown. The admins are very excited to share this collaboration of love with all of you so that the preparation for this event can finally begin!

But first, in case you would like to know more about what the Carry On Countdown is, please click here to visit our COC 2022 introduction post for more information.

We would also like to inform you of the following:

There are no limitations as to what you create for this event; we encourage fanfiction, fanart, cosplay, songs, playlists, memes, crafts etc.

You are welcome to participate in as many or as few of the days of the event as you wish! Completing every single prompt for the countdown is not mandatory.

All prompts are completely up to your own interpretation. However, if you have questions or would like clarification on any of the prompts, please do not hesitate to send us an ask!

Lastly, the official hashtags we strongly recommend using are #Carry On Countdown and #COC 2022. You may also @ us in your posts, but please be aware that your tag might not appear in our notifications. (Thank you, Tumblr!)

And now, without further ado, the admins of the 2022 COC proudly present this year's prompt list:

Day 1, NOV 25: The End

Day 2, NOV 26: AU/Alternate Universe

Day 3, NOV 27: Expectations

Day 4, NOV 28: Cake

Day 5, NOV 29: Bloodlines

Day 6, NOV 30: Side Ships/Alternative Ships

Day 7, DEC 1: Veil

Day 8, DEC 2: Lyrics

Day 9, DEC 3: Staff

Day 10, DEC 4: Angst

Day 11, DEC 5: WLW

Day 12, DEC 6: Devour

Day 13, DEC 7: Devotion

Day 14, DEC 8: Cryptid

Day 15, DEC 9: Fluff

Day 16, DEC 10: Bridge

Day 17, DEC 11: Match

Day 18, DEC 12: Shepherd

Day 19, DEC 13: Heal

Day 20, DEC 14: Fangs

Day 21, DEC 15: First Snow

Day 22, DEC 16: Ritual

Day 23, DEC 17: Hurt/Comfort

Day 24, DEC 18: Showers

Day 25, DEC 19: Sleep

Day 26, DEC 20: Mistletoe

Day 27, DEC 21: Turn

Day 28, DEC 22: Shiver

Day 29, DEC 23: Party

Day 30, DEC 24: The Beginning

We hope everyone enjoys this year's prompt list as much as we enjoyed making it. Please reblog this post to share your excitement! The 2022 Carry On Countdown will begin on November 25th, and as always, our askbox is open for any questions you may have concerning this event.

And with that, we wish everyone planning on participating the best of luck with preparing your creations for this year!

Much love,

The admins of the 2022 Carry On Countdown <3

#soooo what do we think of this list fellas 😏#carry on countdown #coc 2022 #carry on countdown prompt list #simon snow #snowbaz #baz pitch #carry on #wayward son #any way the wind blows #agatha wellbelove #niamh brody #shepard love #penny bunce #brobelove #stormchaser #scattered showers #rainbow rowell

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traskomancer · 9 months

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RPG a Day 26-31

Day 26: Favorite character sheet

There are character sheets that are well laid out and character sheets that have a fun aesthetic, but honestly I find myself making custom ones for any character I expect to be playing for an extended period of time. Big props to any game where you can just jot everything you need down on an index card. I've played (and hacked) OSR systems where you could fit a whole adventuring party one on sheet of paper..

Day 27: Game I'd like a new edition of

I feel like Unknown Armies thrives on being contemporary, and while I don't think it's needed yet, a new edition in 5-10 years would be great. I feel like Mutants & Masterminds could use a new edition just to clean things up a bit for new players; it doesn't need any big sweeping changes though, IMO. I've heard rumors it's going to happen soon, too.

Day 28: Scariest game I've played

There are different kinds of scary, and honestly I think it's more dependent on the scenario and GM/player delivery than anything else. I've played quite a bit of Call of Ctlhulhu but almost never found it scary. Alien tends to get more squicky than properly scary. Then there's "real world" scary, AKA soulcrushing reminders of the horrors of real life, which I've seen done in a variety of games, from Paranoia to Unknown Armies to D&D 5e.

I tend to enjoy spooky atmospheres and unsettling mysteries, which are things CoC does deliver on, but I make a distinction between that and properly scary.

Day 29: Most memorable encounter

Well, I had one stolen away from me when my college group got to the final boss of Tomb of Annihilation right when the pandemic hit, only to have a mediocre attempt at running it over roll20 (which also took a lot of work...)

But for a positively memorable encounter (as a player), I'd go with the intraparty showdown from the apocalyptic Gardens of Ynn one-shot that ensued when my character decided to break quarantine (I already mentioned how that went).

I also got to run some very tactically satisfying boss fights in my last full-length D&D 5e campaign, where I pitted the players against a sequence of giant ur-elementals (the phoenix, the zaratan, etc.) I feel like I designed those well.

Day 30: Obscure RPG I've played

I think Ecryme probably takes the cake, seeing as it's French language only and pretty old. Granted, I played a demo of a coming new English edition, but I still feel it's pretty obscure. It's a cool game, set in a world where the whole planet is covered in a layer of highly corrosive acid that society has had to evolve around.

Day 31: Favorite RPG of all time

I'm surprising 0 people when I say Unknown Armies, after how much I've mentioned it during these prompts. It's not perfect, but it has so many cool ideas. It's weird as fuck in a way that really speaks to me. I also think the mechanics (3e especially) are really suited to narrative play.

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