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it’s that time of year again .. here’s my annual OCtober prompts list!! can’t wait to see everyone’s characters again!!
reblogs appreciated!
info, rules and FAQ are all over on https://bweird.art .. but i put a few of the main ones i get every year under the readmore too!
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˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ BOBA TEA TALES LEGACY CHALLENGE: BASE GAME VERSION ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚
For those wanting a base game version of Boba Tea Tales, here it is! A huge shoutout to @tomatosoupcat and alvdrien who wrote the base game version together.
GENERAL RULES
Each generation will represent 1-3 colors. You must dress up your sim and decorate their houses in their color theme. OPTIONAL: match their hair color and eye color to the theme colors.
Complete each given skill, career, and aspiration unless the goals state otherwise.
Starting budget: 1k-20k simoleons (you decide your amount!)
Play on whatever lifespan YOU feel comfortable playing on.
No money cheats unless stated otherwise!
If you roll a topping that gives you twins or triplets, you ARE allowed to cheat for them so your sim is guaranteed to have twins or triplets.
If you decide to play this challenge, please tag me on any of my social medias (https://beacons.ai/malixa) or tag #btt or #bobateatales! I’d love to see what your sims are up to. :)
TOPPINGS
You must roll a topping each generation for your 3rd trait and minimum kid requirements.
To see the toppings list and toppings wheel spin, please check out the google doc here!
Generation 1: Brown Sugar
You loved cooking all your life. You loved creating and growing your own fresh ingredients for your dishes. However, as time went on in your life, you felt like something was missing. You are starting to burn out of this busy life so you decide to quit your job, pack up everything, and move to a whole new world. Maybe the simplicity of the country lifestyle is what you truly wanted all this time?
Colors: Brown & White Aspiration: Master Chef & Freelance Botanist Career: Culinary & Selling produce Traits: glutton, good Skills: cooking, gardening, fishing
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Work in the culinary career as a young adult
Move out of the bustling city/town to a more suburban or countryside world as an adult and start making money through gardening
Marry a sim with the Loves Outdoors trait
Complete half of the Master Chef aspiration
Complete the Freelance Botanist aspiration
Max out the cooking, gardening, and fishing skills
Generation 2: Blueberry
You lived a comfortable life growing up on the farm with your family. You go into the business career because you knew it was a simple job that pays decently well. However, everyday was the same. Wakeup, get ready for work, get back home, sleep, and repeat. You’re tired of that. You quit your job all together and with the money you saved up, you decide to start traveling the world! You start a Simstagram for your traveling adventures and pick up part-time jobs to keep doing what you love.
Colors: Blue & Purple Aspiration: The Curator Career: Business & Part-time jobs Traits: non-committal, loves the outdoors Skills: fitness, charisma, photography
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Reach level 3 of the Business career before you start vacationing
Make money through part-time jobs once you quit the Business career
Travel to different worlds or neighborhoods
Have a one night stand with someone you met while traveling and get pregnant/partner gets pregnant
Never get married
Continue to travel until the next generation’s heir is a young adult
Max out the fitness, charisma and photography skills
Generation 3: Matcha
Growing up, you traveled everywhere with your parent and you saw them struggling with money. You knew you didn’t want that for yourself so you studied as much as you could to get a good job. You would do anything to get ahead in your career until you bump into your work rival who ruins your plans. You try to befriend them and pursue them thinking it will benefit you. However, you start catching feelings for them. What will you do? Fall in love or break their hearts?
Colors: Light Green Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy Career: Secret Agent (Diamond Agent Branch) Traits: jealous, materialistic Skills: logic, writing, fitness
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Befriend and pursue your ‘Work Rival’ for your own benefit (can be a co-worker if a work rival doesn’t pop up)
Decide whether you either truly fall in love or break your work rival’s heart once you reach the top of your career
Go to the gym every weekend
Complete the Fabulously Wealthy aspiration
Complete the Secret Agent (Diamond Agent Branch) Career
Max out the logic, writing, and fitness skills
Generation 4: Passionfruit Mango
Your parent made you pick up the violin and piano as a child. Turns out, you’re really good at it and you love music! You dedicate most of your life to music until you meet someone who will change your life forever. You introduce them to your family, but they do not approve of your partner because they don’t fit the ideal lifestyle your parent had for you. With the disapproval from your parent(s), will you continue to follow their ideal lifestyle for you or follow your own passion?
Colors: Yellow & Orange Aspiration: Musical Genius Career: Entertainment (Musician Branch) Traits: ambitious, loner Skills: piano, violin, painting
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Play the piano and violin throughout your childhood and teen years
Date and eventually marry someone with the art lover trait
Go on weekly art related dates
Have your sim and their partner have a negative relationship with your sim’s parent(s)
Complete the Musical Genius aspiration
Complete the Entertainment (Musician Branch) career
Max out the piano, violin, and painting skill
Generation 5: Sakura
Your parents were the perfect couple, they were the definition of love. When working at the bar, you constantly get reminded of your parents, seeing all the drunk couples having fun. You’re great at your job, but it seems like you have trouble finding love for yourself. You go on multiple dates and your particular favorite dates are where you can show off your mixology skills. Your dream is to be able to mix drinks for your future partner one day.
Colors: Pink Aspiration: Serial Romantic Career: Culinary (Mixologist Branch) Traits: loner, hot-headed Skills: charisma, mixology, comedy
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Have a high school BFF
Have at least 5 total failed dates with people you met at the bar
After all the failed dating attempts, marry your high school BFF
Complete the Serial Romantic aspiration
Complete the Culinary (Mixologist Branch) career
Max out the charisma, mixology and comedy skills
Generation 6: Dragon Fruit
Your parents were all about love, and it made you sick to your stomach! Love? That doesn’t exist. So you spend your time breaking up happy couples because it’s fun. You love seeing people be absolutely miserable. You are just truly evil.
Colors: Dark Red & Purple Aspiration: Villainous Valentine Career: Criminal (Boss Branch) Traits: evil, snob Skills: charisma, mischief, handiness
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Marry a sim with money but shortly after your newlywed spouse has a “tragic” accident
Furnish your house with items you created with the Woodworking Table
Have a negative relationship with all of your children
Complete the Villainous Valentine aspiration
Complete the Criminal (Boss Branch) career
Max out the charisma, mischief, and handiness skill
Generation 7: Taro
You distanced yourself from your family because you knew they weren’t good people. You found a special interest in rockets, science, and frogs! You were really into your academics because you wanted to get away from your family. One day, you decide to attend a party your friends invited you to and you meet someone there. You hit it off! You spend a lot of time with them and get really close. But uh oh! One day, you hear the news that there is a baby on the way so unfortunately, you take a break from your work life. You struggle with a part-time job as you dedicate most of your time to your child and this frog you found one day, but eventually, you are able to pursue your dream career as an Astronaut!
Colors: Light Purple Aspiration: Nerd Brain Career: Astronaut Traits: genius, bookworm Skills: handiness, logic, rocket science
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Play chess regularly as a teen
Have a pregnancy early on in your young adult years
Work a part-time job until your child is a toddler
Get into the Astronaut career and go to space
Have a pet frog
Complete the Nerd Brain aspiration
Complete the Astronaut career
Max out the handiness, logic and rocket science skill
Generation 8: Lychee
Your parents were really busy growing up so you found a new love for video games. While they were away at work, you were always in your room playing games. You’re really good at gaming so you wanted to try out streaming as a teen! It does incredibly well. You join the Tech Guru career hoping to become the best eSport Gamer.
Colors: Pink & White Aspiration: Computer Whiz Career: Tech Guru (eSport Gamer Branch) Traits: geek, loner Skills: video gaming, programming, logic
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Join and complete the Tech Guru (eSport Gamer Branch) career as soon as you graduate high school
Make at least 1 video game in your lifetime
Have at least 1 science baby
Complete the Computer Whiz aspiration
Max out the video gaming, programming and logic skill
Generation 9: Thai Tea
You spent your whole life feeling like you needed a different change of scenery. You felt like you never really had a close relationship with your parents as they were too busy playing video games. So one day, you make the big decision to pack up and move to Willow Creek. You love the community and all the families there that treat you like one of their own. Finally, for once in your life, you feel like you belong somewhere. You write everything about your time in Willow Creek and publish your articles for others to read!
Colors: Orange Aspiration: Bestselling Author Career: Writer (Journalist Branch) Traits: foodie, family-oriented Skills: writing, cooking, guitar
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Move to Willow Creek as a young adult
Throw house parties every weekend
Write a minimum of 3 songs throughout your life
Complete the Bestselling Author aspiration
Complete the Writer (Journalist Branch) career
Max out the writing, baking, and photography skill
Generation 10: Sunset
Growing up, you’ve been obsessed with the area known as Sylvan Glades. The only problem is, it’s pretty secret but you’re determined to visit it no matter what. You attend a public pool regularly to work on fitness and to have a less restricting workout. However, one day you happen to bump into someone at the pool.. and what’s this? Love at first sight?!
Colors: Purple, Red, & Orange Aspiration: Soulmate Career: Painter (Patron of the Arts Branch) Traits: romantic, genius Skills: fitness, gardening, painting
Goals:
Roll for a random topping to get your 3rd trait & kid requirements
Have a greenhouse where you plant a bunch of flowers and produce
Get your fitness skill up by going swimming every week
Decorate your home with lots of plants and your own paintings
Get married to someone you met at the pool (propose in Sylvan Glades)
Complete the Soulmate aspiration
Complete the Painter (Patron of the Arts Branch) career
Max out the fitness, gardening and painting skill
Bubble tea icons created by Freepik - Flaticon
Call me orange the way I be meanderin
hyperfixation + whump = brain go brrrrr
WHUMPTOBER 2024: PROMPTS LIST
Welcome to Whumptober 2024 — Seventh Time's a Charm!
Please make sure to read the Event Info and FAQ below carefully, as most of your questions will be answered there already. For everything else, you are welcome to come to our ask box or ask questions in our Discord server here.
This year’s AO3 Collection can be found here.
This year's playlist can be found here.
And the Anatomy of a Whumptober Prompt post can be found here.
We’re very excited to see the community come together for another year of Whumptober! Go wild with the prompts, and support your fellow creators - we wish you all the fun!
Best of luck and happy whumping,
Mods Vanne, Yenn, Kitty and Surro
(Text versions of the prompts, as well as event information, rules and FAQ are posted below the cut!)
Whumptober 2024 Prompt List
No. 1: RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK
Search Party | Panic Attack | "If only we could hold on.” (Icysami x Renegaderr, Strangers.)
No. 2: TRUST ISSUES
Amusement Park | Role Reversal | “You got away with the crime while the knife's in my back.” (Charlotte Sands, Rollercoaster)
No. 3: SET UP FOR FAILURE
Fingerprints | Wrongfully Arrested | "I warned you."
No. 4: HALLUCINATIONS
Hypnosis | Sensory Deprivation | “You're still alive in my head.” (Billy Lockett, More)
No. 5: SUNBURN
Healing Salve | Heatstroke | "If my pain will stretch that far." (Lottery Winners, Burning House)
No. 6: NOT REALISING THEY'RE INJURED
Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms | Healed Wrong | "It's not my blood."
No. 7: ONLY FOR EMERGENCIES
Unconventional Weapon | Magic with a Cost | "It's us or them."
No. 8: SLEEP DEPRIVATION
Isolation Chamber | Forced to Stay Awake | "Leave the lights on." (Coldplay, Midnight)
No. 9: OBSESSION
Broken Window | Bruises | “Frame me up on the wall, just to keep me out of trouble.” (Fall Out Boy, Irresistible)
No. 10: BLOW TO THE HEAD
Slurred Words | Passing Out from Pain | "I can't think straight."
No. 11: SEEING DOUBLE
Convenience Store | Loneliness | “Leave no trace behind, like you don't even exist.” (Taylor Swift, Illicit Affairs)
No. 12: STARVATION
Underground Caverns | Cannibalism | "Just a little more."
No. 13: TEAM AS A FAMILY
Familial Curse | Multiple Whumpees | "Death will do us part." (Set It Off, Partner's In Crime)
No. 14: LEFT FOR DEAD
Hunting Gear | Blackmail | “Because I want you to know what it feels like to be haunted” (tiLLie, kooL aiD mAn)
No. 15: CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
Painful Hug | Moment of Clarity | "I did good, right?"
No. 16: NECROSIS
Swamp | Wound Cleaning | "No, I can't feel anything."
No. 17: NOWHERE ELSE TO GO
Ruined Map | Shipwrecked | "We had a good run."
No. 18: REVENGE
Unreliable Narrator | Loss of Identity | “I see what's mine and take it.” (Panic! at the Disco, Emperor's New Clothes)
No. 19: BLOOD TRAIL
Abandoned Cabin | One Way Out | "Is there anybody alive out there?" (Bruce Springsteen, Radio Nowhere)
No. 20: EMOTIONAL ANGST
Shoulder to Cry On | Giving Permission to Die | "It's not your fault."
No. 21: BODY HORROR
Body Horror | Tattoo Gun | Spirit Possession | “Let the bedsheet soak up the tears.” (Apparat feat. Soap & Skin, Goodbye)
No. 22: BLEEDING THROUGH BANDAGES
Tourniquet | Reopening Wounds | "Oh that's not good."
No. 23: FORCED CHOICE
Public Display | Broken Pedestal | "I'm doing this for you."
No. 24: RADIATION POISONING
Collapsed Building | Equipment Failure | “I never knew daylight could be so violent.” (Florence + The Machine, No Light, No Light)
No. 25: SURGERY
Stitches | Being Monitored | "It's for your own good."
No. 26: NIGHTMARES
Breakfast Table | Parting Words of Regret | “I'm haunted by the lies that I have loved, the actions I have hated.” (Poe, Haunted)
No. 27: VOICELESS
Laboratory | Muzzled | “I have no mouth and I must scream.”
No. 28: DENIAL
CCTV | Exposure | "They caught me red handed."
No. 29: FATIGUE
Labyrinth | Burnout | "Who said you could rest?"
No. 30: RECOVERY
Hospital Bed | Holding Back Tears | "What have I done?"
No. 31: ASKING FOR HELP
Therapy | Making Amends | "I'm alive, I'm just not well." (Elliot Lee, Alive, Not Well.)
Alternatives List:
Body Swap
Communication Barrier
Finding Old Messages
Forgotten
Friendly Fire
Motion Sickness
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Regret
Secrets Revealed
Shivering
Survivor's Guilt
Time Loop
Used As Bait
Venom
Vermin
Event Info & Rules
WHUMPTOBER is a month-long, prompt-based creation challenge (think: Inktober, but whumpier). There are 31 official themes this year - one for each day of the month - which can be used, skipped, or combined in any way you’d like. They are meant to serve as inspiration without being taken literally (e.g. you don’t have to include the exact wording of prompts into your work). Feel free to run rampant on interpretation. For example, if the prompt is “flame", you could create something with reference to a candle/campfire, your character could have suffered a burn, or the flame could be a reference to an ‘old flame’ - an old relationship. It’s truly down to you!
In total, there are 4 prompts for each day. These are optional suggestions and can be used in conjunction with the theme, or as options/alternatives. We want to give everyone as much creative freedom as possible, as well as increase event accessibility for folks with triggers and squicks. There is also a list of 15 alternative prompts that can be subbed in for any day, again to give participants as much creative freedom as possible.
Creators can PRODUCE work in any media they choose, including but not limited to: writing, visual artwork, photo/video/audio edits, paper crafts and elaborate recommendation lists (not just a list of links). Creators can PARTICIPATE as much or as little as they want (i.e. you don’t have to do ALL the prompts if you don’t want to) and prompts can be used in any order. They are also free to use even after the event ends.
When uploading Whumptober content to your blog, be sure to tag it with:
#whumptober2024 …..(the event tag)
#no.1, #no.2, #no.3, …..(theme number)
#bruises, #stabbing, …..(the theme or specific prompt you chose)
#altprompt …..(if you use an altprompt, tag the post with the number of the prompt you replace)
#fandom or #OC, …..(ironman, original content, oc, etc.)
#medium …..(gifs, fic, podcast, art, etc.)
#teeth, #etc …..(trigger warnings & any additional tags. Keep in mind not to add “tw” in front but only use the word/trigger itself)
#nsfwhump …..(only for nsfw content)
#your own tags go here
PLEASE BE DILIGENT WITH YOUR TAGGING. Only properly tagged posts are considered for archiving on the official @whumptober-archive blog. They must be tagged in the order above. An elaborate post about our tagging system can be found [here]
Unfortunately, due to the sheer number of participants in recent years, we cannot guarantee your work will be archived. A random selection of properly tagged posts from all genres will be reblogged each day.
Whumpers who produce content for 31 total theme days are considered event completionists and will be tagged in a masterpost at the end of the month. A form will be published at the beginning of November asking you to tell us if you completed. This is based on trust and we will not check this.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please read this before you send an ask!
TIMELINE
July: Trope voting form released. Late August: Prompt list is released for at least four weeks of preparation time. Tropes cannot be posted earlier than August 25th because of Moderator obligations in real life. (But, you know, go ahead and start writing/drawing, and add the themes in later, if you want!) September: Do as much or as little on your works as you want. You can prepare everything in advance or let September go by with vibes and start working in October. It’s up to you. October 1st: Challenge begins! A storm of whump breaks upon us all! During this time, some posts will be reblogged to the whumptober archive blog. We open the yearly AO3 collection for posting (optional). November 1st: The challenge is officially over! Completionist form opens for those who want to be included in the hall-of-fame. Early November: We release completionist and participant badges, solicit feedback, and post a hall-of-fame list of completionists by the 10th.
PARTICIPATION AND COMPLETION
Q: What counts as participation? Create or continue at least one work inspired by one of this year’s prompts. Q: What counts as completion? Creating work(s) inspired by at least one prompt from each day (or alts), for a total of 31 unique prompts. Q: Do I need to create 31 works? No. You can, if you want. Or you can create one work that you add to every day with a new prompt. Or several works that combine prompts. You can also update an existing work by adding new material with the current prompts. Q: Do I need to post my works somewhere to be a completionist or a participant? No. Q: How do you know I actually completed the challenge? We’ll take your word for it! Q: Do I have to finish my work(s) to be a completionist? No, you can post WIPs. And you’re not obligated to finish them in October, but if you want it to count towards being a completionist, you must have completed 31 prompts by the end of the month. So for example, if you’re writing a long fic and you fit 31 different prompts into the writing you did in October, it’s okay if that fic isn’t finished by the time October ends, you’ll still be a completionist. Q: Is co-writing/illustrating allowed? Yes, absolutely, and it would count towards being a completionist for both/all of you. Q: Is there a min/max limit on word count for written works? No. Q: Is there a min/max limit of quality for art? No. Q: Do I have to do something each day to be a completionist? No. You can skip days whenever you want, and as long as 31 daily prompts (or alts) are in your works done in October, you can be a completionist. For example, if you wrote a 1000-word ficlet that covers prompts in days 2, 3, and 17, you can check all three days off your list even though it’s only one work. Q: Is this challenge just for fics? No! Artworks, GIFsets, headcannons, rec lists, poetry, moodboards, or any other creative work is encouraged. Q: Can I combine Whumptober with other creation challenges? Absolutely, as long as the other challenges allow it too.
PROMPTS
Q: How do the prompts work? There are FOUR prompts per day: a theme and three ideas. You can use one, two, three, or all four prompts for each day. If you don’t like any of the daily prompts, you can substitute one of the ALT prompts instead. Q: How strictly/literally should we interpret the prompts? As literally or as figuratively as you want. For example, if the theme is WATER, that could mean drowning, waterboarding, raining, swimming, take place underwater, be lost at sea, construct a metaphor about a character’s mood that changes like a flowing river, crying, or whatever else you can think of that fits that theme. Q: Can I combine prompts? Is there a limit on how many? No limit and combine as many as you’d like. If you create a work that checks off multiple prompts, that work will count for a fill of multiple prompts. You need to address 31 different prompts to be an official completionist, but you don’t have to produce 31 separate works.
WORKS
Q: What’s whump? Hurting a character, whether that’s physically, emotionally, intellectually, psychologically, or any other way you can think of. Comfort afterwards is optional. Angst is emotional whump, so it counts. Q: How do I know if it’s whumpy enough? If your character is just mildly inconvenienced, it probably needs more whump. However, no participant has to prove whumpiness to the mods. Whatever you write is up to you. Q: What kind of characters can I create for? Anything. Generic “whumpee,” OC, PC, NPC, major characters, minor characters, or whatever you want. There are no limits. Q: Does it have to take place in a specific fandom? No, you can create works for your own worlds or for fandoms or for both. You can also create more generic or pan-fandom works. You can do cross-overs or use OCs, whatever you want. Q: Can I create AI-created works? We will not reblog or promote any works we know to be generative AI-created. Q: Is there anything we’re not allowed to write? As long as it contains whump and is based on our prompts, it’s fine. Please courtesy tag your works if you post them so people who follow the #whumptober2024 tag can filter according to their preferences. Q: What about sex, minor characters, and potentially disturbing content? You can create whatever works are legal in your country and post them accordingly. Please courtesy tag anything you think might be objectionable if you post to Tumblr so people who follow the #whumptober2024 tag can filter according to their preferences.
POSTING
Q: Where can I post my work? Post where and how you want. You don’t even have to (cross)post it to Tumblr. Just keep in mind if it’s not on Tumblr we will not be able to add it to the blog archive. There is an AO3 archive for Whumptober 2024, as well as the parent collection for works completed outside of the event. Q: Can I start posting early? You can, but this is an October event and wouldn’t it be more fun with everyone doing it at the same time? We won’t be reblogging any work predating October 1st. Q: Can I post late? Yes. For the sake of our hardworking Post Fairies, only a day’s themes will be reblogged to @whumptober-archive each day of October. But you can post whenever. Some of us are still working on and posting Whumptober fics from years ago. Q: Do I have to use your tags? Only on Tumblr and only if you want us to reblog your work on @whumptober-archive. Q: How do I have my works reblogged to the archive? Properly tagged posts will be reblogged to @whumptober-archive. If you want the official archive blog to reblog you, post on Tumblr and tag correctly (see this FAQ link for more info on tagging). Please note not all posts will be reblogged each day. Q: Can we @ you? For questions and comments, of course. We’ll be getting a flood of notifications, so if you really want us to see something send an ask. Q: Can I cross post on other blogs? Yes, multiple platforms and blogs are perfectly acceptable, as long as they allow cross-posting (to us). You can also post different works to different accounts under different names, without posting them everywhere at once. If you post some works under your main and others under an alt blog, that’s fine for completionist purposes. Q: Can I upload/repost my Whumptober content to other social media platforms? Of course! We’ve created an AO3 Collection to archive any fics posted there, which can be found here. The blog is the official archive, so please respect the personal boundaries of any whumpers in your social circle (don’t out anyone as a participant who would prefer not to be outed).
Most importantly, have fun, create, and enjoy all the whump posted this October!