prompt table themes suggestion post

[fsf_mod]

So, the Tarot Cards prompt table challenge is officially over (though you can still sneak in any last fics till we get the next table going) which means it's time for a new challenge!

And a new challenge means a new set of prompts, and so this is the theme suggestion/ideas post. Suggest anything you think would make a good overall theme for a table of prompts and feel free to be as creative as you like! If you'd like some examples, you can check out last year's suggestion post here.

This post will be open for one week, and then we'll have a poll to decide the new prompt table.

Comments

[bookblather]

Gems and gem meanings.

[cmk418]

Lines from women-centric films
Art - either titles of works of art or visual prompts
Broadway musicals

[fucktheg0ds]

- 80s song titles (I'll keep nominating this until it wins hahaha)
- Star signs/horoscopes
- Modes of transport
- Native birds around the world

[vindoletta]

Since it almost won last year, I'd like to give it a second chance and suggest colours.

[fsf_mod]

I really like that one, feels like there's a lot of scope for creative interpretations there!

[fsf_mod]

Ooh, these are all really good! And visual prompts is such an interesting idea because we've never ever done that before!

[fsf_mod]

Haha, I've honestly always had a sneaky wish for that to win one year because it would be such a fun table to choose the prompts for! And the others are great too - I like native birds, that would be very cool.

[fsf_mod]

I think colors is like the perennial bridesmaid, it's been a close second in quite a few polls over the years! I do usually put the top three at least back in the next poll, so maybe this time it will make it into first place!

[vindoletta]

xD i didn't know that. Then I'm going to suggest others:

-legends, both urban/modern like creepypasta and older ones like the ones about the fountain of youth and such. Others from other cultures could maybe also be added, like the famous Japanese legend about the red string of fate. It might be too similar to the folktale tropes table, though.
-Puzzles: knights and knaves, chess, mazes, sudoku, etc.
-Dream symbolism

[ruvolea]

Emotions / feelings / moods
Yoga poses
Seasons of the year and associated concepts
Elements (air, earth, water, fire) and associated concepts

[luvbarryfefe]

I like the feelings/emotions/moods one. There's so much that can be done with it.

I also like the idea of book, short story, or movie titles as prompts.

[fsf_mod]

Ooh, I like all of these, thank you!

[fsf_mod]

Agreed, that would be really creatively inspiring, I think!

And I like the titles idea too... hmmm, it might need to be a bit more specific than just "___ titles" but then maybe people could suggest titles they like as prompts and those could make up the table, something like that.