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Carry On Countdown 2019 - PROMPTS

Hello Carry On fandom!

As we post this, on October 25th, we’re exactly one month away from the start of the Carry On Countdown of 2019. This means it’s time for us to reveal the prompt list!

If you want more information on what exactly the Carry On Countdown is, click here to read the introduction post of the event.

We’d like to remind you that there are no restrictions on the type of content you can create for these prompts. Fanfic, fanart, cosplay, even funny memes; all kinds of fan content are allowed! We also want to remind you that you definitely don’t have to complete all the prompts of the event, and that all prompts are completely up to your own interpretation. Though, if you really don’t know what a certain prompt means, you can of course always send us an ask for more clarification.

If you’re posting fanfiction related to the prompts on ao3, we made a collection! You can add your fics to it, with the day’s prompt as a tag.

The official hashtag for this year is #COC 2019, so be sure to use that hashtag when you post your work! Besides that there’s also always the general hashtag that we’ll be using: #Carry On Countdown

Here are the official prompts of the Carry On Countdown 2019:

  1. NOV 25 - Sun/Moon   2. NOV 26 - Role Swap   3. NOV 27 - Magical Creatures   4. NOV 28 - Dreams   5. NOV 29 - Carry On Prequel   6. NOV 30 - Vine/Meme Reference   7. DEC 01 - WLW   8. DEC 02 - Endearment Terms   9. DEC 03 - Pattern 10. DEC 04 - Side Characters 11. DEC 05 - Angst Day 12. DEC 06 - Song/Music-Inspired 13. DEC 07 - Parental Figures 14. DEC 08 - Favorite Trope/Cliché 15. DEC 09 - Floral 16. DEC 10 - Re-imagined Scene (What if…) 17. DEC 11 - Witch/Psychic 18. DEC 12 - Crack! 19. DEC 13 - Apocalypse 20. DEC 14 - Fairy Tale/Myth Retelling 21. DEC 15 - Pastel/Punk 22. DEC 16 - Fandom Crossover 23. DEC 17 - Musicians 24. DEC 18 - Reflection 25. DEC 19 - Undercover 26. DEC 20 - Missing/Deleted Scene 27. DEC 21 - Time Travel 28. DEC 22 - Frost 29. DEC 23 - Firsts 30. DEC 24 - Christmas Celebration

Can't think about Romeo and Juliet without going insane (affectionate) about how genuinely good of a play it is and without going insane (derogatory) about how often it's been misinterpreted that a lot of conversations about it completely disregard the context of the story to make Romeo and Juliet's love seem superficial and "just being overdramatic dumb teenagers" instead of them both being born into a war they didn't ask to fight in, both having recently been put in awful situations regarding their other romantic relationships (Romeo having gone through what was more or less a bad breakup and Juliet being forced to marry an adult she doesn't know or love- of course they'd fall for someone who understands how they're feeling when nobody else will listen to them), and both of them having friends and family die over this feud that neither want to participate in. Why the fuck wouldn't they want to try to make things better??? Why wouldn't they plead and fight and kill and, eventually, die themselves to try to prove this battle pointless after every other attempt at both peace and escape has failed them??????? Gods I know I'm definitely overreacting but I get so frustrated when people water it down to "see this proves that love at first sight is a stupid trope" when that's literally the opposite of the play's themes. ALSO the story- while it's very common knowledge these days that it's a tragedy- WASN'T PORTRAYED LIKE THAT!!! Like yes, the prologue tells you that the main characters are going to end up dead at the end- but it's impactful because you're supposed to almost forget about that line, and wonder "how could things possibly go THAT badly?"!!! The entire first half of the play is framed as a comedy!!! You've got overdramatic monologues, a silly sidekick, old men swordfighting in their pajamas, a nurse that is well-meaning but ultimately incompetent! And then the silly sidekick dies. And very, very suddenly, it's no longer a comedy. Now it's a tragedy. And when this silly sidekick curses both the Montagues and the Capulets? Now you know. They're doomed. No matter what they try, something will go wrong, because the blood this feud has shed has cursed them all. And while they may try, and oh Lord, these characters try, they can't escape their fate.

if you're a carry on fan, please read this!!

as we're all anxiously awaiting the release of wayward son (I know that is understatement of the year but we're going to go with it) I just wanted to reiterate a point I know many people have already made about spoilers!

(I know this is the point at which everyone will start to groan, but please hear me out!!)

not everybody will have access to wayward son on september 24th!

for example, I live in the UK and here, it doesn't come out until october 3rd. (this isn't really much of a difference but it's enough for us to get spoiled!)

in many places it may not come out for months after sept. 24th, and these people do not deserve to be spoiled!!

so please, no spoilers at all until october 24th (a month after the US release)! and after this point, please be very careful to tag your spoilers so that people who have not had the chance to read it won't have to see them!

this is also helpful for slightly slower readers, or readers with very busy schedules! they don't deserve spoilers either!

in conclusion, TAG SPOILERS FOR WAYWARD SON!

it may be a bit more work for you, but you could save multiple people from being spoiled!

thanks :))

(also if you could spread this it would be greatly appreciated!!)

Troye discussing the meaning of his new single premiering tomorrow, “The Good Side” at Beats 1.

“it’s just sort of the way that things happened. so i’m hoping that this song is now like- you know, a couple years down the line is gonna serve as a cathartic experience for the both of us to be like look- whenever we’re sort of ready to move on, let’s do that.”

チェンソーマン

Maybe I understand if you do it when talking about smut but if you do it only when talking about a gay couple or when the couple isn’t doing anything actually sinful than please don’t. Stop associating being gay with doing something wrong

river of light (that brings me to you) ⤓⤓ read the full comic here ( 2 pages are missing, making the flow a little.. choppy… im also a little more active on twitter if you want to follow :) ) based off of this fic ! its truly devastating, but i strongly recommend it.  

Meowrpheus :3