The Merlin Library’s Merlin Finale 10 Year Anniversary Prompt Challenge
The Merlin Library is celebrating the decade anniversary after the Merlin Season 5 finale left behind one of the most memorable television endings and emotionally devastated all of its viewers as it aired on the night before Christmas…ahem. The Merlin Finale 10 Year Anniversary Prompt Challenge is a ‘prompt’ challenge designed to capture elements of each episode as the 5th season celebrates its 10th anniversary since airing. Each week is dedicated to a specific episode until the week of the finale, where the two episodes aired within days of each other.
This fest runs for 12 weeks, starting on October 6th with the original airing date of Arthur’s Bane: Part 1, and ending with Diamond of the Day: Part 2 on December 24th.
All creators are welcome to participate. Content is open to fic, art, edits, gifs, manips, meta, poetry, podfic, and whatever else you can creatively come up with during these 12 weeks.
You do not need to do something for each week, but there will be a special prize for those who do. Participate as much or as little as you want.
You may tag #TML10ANNIVERSARY and your content will be reblogged to our main Tumblr, themerlinlibrary.tumblr.com. If you are submitting to AO3, feel free to add your creations to the TML_10yrfest collection.
Please read the FAQ before sending an Ask if you have questions. Additionally, you may join our Discord server, and ask the event hosts in the server directly.
HOW DO PROMPTS WORK?
The themes of each week are dedicated to the episode that aired. You can write fix-it fics for each episode, or fanart related to that episode, or use the word prompts or color prompts for whatever you make. The content you make doesn’t have to be specific to that episode or an ‘episode tag’ art/fic necessarily.
The prompts are meant to inspire you, not box your creative muse in. You can interpret the prompts as literally or loosely as you want.
The only prompt requirement is that whatever you create is set in or around the canon era Merlin universe. The fest aims to celebrate the show Merlin and it’s original setting. As great as fusions, fandom crossovers, and modern setting AU content are, this is not the fest for that.
RULES
You may combine this fest with other ongoing challenges (ie: Merlin Bingo, Kinkalot, etc).
Each prompt week opens from the point at which the episode would have aired. However, there won’t be a deadline for when you post a prompt if it’s from an earlier week, and you have until the 25th of December to post. There will also be an amnesty week after the 25th for anyone who couldn’t post their fills in time. We understand it’s a hectic season for most of us. The event will officially end (and the AO3 collection will close) on January 1st, 2023.
In the interest of fairness, all pairings (or none, if you prefer to create gen/platonic works) are welcome.
The last rule is to have fun. Please do not stress if you aren’t inspired for every prompt, and have fun creating!
PROMPTS
Oct 6 WEEK 1 - Arthur’s Bane: Part 1 / Winter, Lost, Wilderness
#1F0322, #F8F4E3, #615C56, #486682, #C7E9F2
Oct 13 WEEK 2 - Arthur’s Bane: Part 2 / Trapped, Caves, Rescue
#FAA61F, #6C727F, #06191F, #AEC3B0, #EFF6E0
Oct 20 WEEK 3 - The Death Song of Uther Pendragon / Haunt, Shiver, Ghost
#7E8D85, #B3BFB8, #F0F7F4, #A72608, #090C02
Oct 27 WEEK 4 - Another’s Sorrow / Trust, Friendship, Disguise
#D2AB99, #BDBEA9, #8DB38B, #56876D, #04724D
Nov 3 WEEK 5 - The Disir / Prophecy, Choices, Magic
#FAA61F, #6C727F, #06191F, #AEC3B0, #AEC3B0
Nov 10 WEEK 6 - The Dark Tower / Manipulation, Grief, Desert
#E5E8E6, #FCCB3F, #E12735, #4D6EB5, #090808
Nov 17 WEEK 7 - A Lesson in Vengeance / Lies, Suspicion, Fear
#F3E9DC, #C08552, #090C02, #7C0B2B, #5D737E
Nov 24 WEEK 8 - The Hollow Queen / Deception, Cruelty, Loneliness
#5D737E, #CA895F, #A15E49, #4E3822, #2F1B25
Dec 1 WEEK 9 - With All My Heart / Healing, Love, Water
#090B11, #E4DADB, #042641, #E59625, #831435
Dec 8 WEEK 10 - The Kindness of Strangers / Blood, Faith, Forest
#BFB48F, #8F4E55, #252627, #157A6E, #297045
Dec 15 WEEK 11 - The Drawing of the Dark / Loyalty, Betrayal, Execution
#1E152A, #4E6766, #5AB1BB, #A5C882, #F7DD72
Dec 22 WEEK 12 - Diamond of the Day: Part 1 / Powerless, War, Fire
#FBBA72, #CA5310, #BB4D00, #8F250C, #691E06
Dec 24 WEEK 12 - Diamond of the Day: Part 2 / Death, Eternity, Deus ex Machina
#E8EEF2, #D6C9C9, #C7D3DD, #77B6EA, #37393A
