[ ADVENT CALENDAR / event / PG / prompts, fanfiction, fanart ]

[hikarikame]

I thought of this idea while talking to dreams, and decided we're going to do an Advent Calendar event! [So that we have a good motivator to push us to write.] So from now till January 1, we're going to all try to do as many little prizes for each other as possible. Each day will have a different word prompt, and hopefully more than one person does a prize each day. If it's explicit, just warn us and you're good. And spell check, and all that good stuff. Thus,1.      Write/draw/etc something. Don't spam us, and only IC crack. For writing, you can stick to one-shots unless you're feeling really motivated, in which case, who wouldn't love more nichu? For drawings please stick to at least, clean sketches - color is much better, of course!

1. 2. Each day, I will comment on this post and put DAY #, where I will put the prompt for that day. You will have one day to do it. Example: I'll post tomorrow's today, so you can mull over it and then submit tomorrow. Then, with your finished little goodie, comment under my comment with your prize. Then, we'll all hit "expand" and LOOK it's our prize yay!!
2. 3. Spellcheck, grammar, and good clean drawing for drawings. Keep in mind rules of this community too. Since this is an advent calendar, it'll run till the end of December. BUT, since this is China and Japan [Lunar New Year is later!], and since I had a lot of other prompts I want to do too...this will actually run until the end of February. However, everything after January 1 will be just for my own personal pleasure, so you can just ignore it if you want. So don't fret! Just do as many as you can for December. After the event is over, I’ll post up some more prompts, and if you want, just do them for fun. you can treat them as possible inspiration?

 
 Now, just to straighten your brain out: I'll post each day's prompts the day before as a comment to this entry. Then, the next day I'll post my goodie in the comments to that comment, and you will follow suit. I will continue to do this until Feb. 25, since I have another list of prompts I want to do anyway, regardless if I’m the only one doing them. But if you find one that hits your fancy, please feel free to join me! However, participating in the event only means until January 1. If you have a goodie for one day, but it's already too late, comment it in anyway, so that we can have as much as possible archived. This way, everyone can enjoy as many goodies as possible. The prompts are just here to help direct you. And remember, prompts don't have to be romantic, then can be dark, brotherly, subtle, and can encompass all kinds of themes like history, flight, sleeping, etc. It can be ChinaxJapan or JapanxChina. BE CREATIVE!!!! We really just want you to participate. xD Any questions, please ask!

Prompt for DAY 1 [December 14]: Winters, Cars 
Prompt for DAY 2 [December 15]: Party 
Prompt for DAY 3 [December 16]: Night
Prompt for DAY 4 [December 17]: No Desire
Prompt for DAY 5 [December 18]: Meeting
Prompt for DAY 6 [December 19]: Food, Cooking
Prompt for DAY 7 [December 20]: Surprises
Prompt for DAY 8 [December 21]: Letters, Eyes
Prompt for DAY 9 [December 22]: Children
Prompt for DAY 10 [December 23]: Fear
Prompt for DAY 11 [December 24]: Hate
Prompt for DAY 12 [December 25]: Sex, Christmas, Religion
Prompt for DAY 13 [December 26]: Tea
 Prompt for DAY 14 [December 27]: Strength
 Prompt for DAY 15 [December 28]: Money, Shopping/Poverty, Famine
Prompt for DAY 16 [December 29]: I Know
Prompt for DAY 17 [December 30]: Alcohol
Prompt for DAY 18 [December 31]: Ships
Prompt for DAY 19 [January 1]: Rebirth, New Year, Beginnings, Champagne

And since Lunar New Year [Chinese New Year] continues on to February…

Extra Prompts: [We don’t have to do all of them, but try to! Unless something really bad happens to me, I’ll do all of them.]

Jan 2: Flowers
Jan. 3: Melancholy, Tears
Jan. 4: Past
Jan. 5: World, Vastness
Jan. 6: Silk
Jan. 7: Table
Jan. 8: Lotus, Goldfish, Pond
Jan. 9: 灯 [Deng, the Chinese character for light] Light, Fire, Lanterns
Jan. 10: Festivals
Jan. 11: Sin
Jan. 12: Quiet
Jan. 13: Music
Jan. 14: Death
Jan. 15: Ancient, Wars
Jan. 16: Signs
Jan. 17: Water, Fire
Jan. 18: Mountains
Jan. 19: 天 [Kanji character for sky/heaven/god - pronounced Tian in Chinese, Ten in Japanese]
Jan. 20: 宝 [Kanji character for treasure - pronounced Bao in Chinese, Takara in Japanese]
Jan. 21: Ground
Jan. 22: Manga
Jan. 23: Blades
Jan. 24: Clothes
Jan. 25: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter
Jan. 26: Dance
Jan. 27: Bird
Jan. 28: Wishes
Jan. 29: Elation
Jan. 30: Art, Classical
Jan. 31: Monkey King, Na Zha, other Chinese heroes

Feb. 1: Olympics/Competition
Feb. 2: Depression
Feb. 3: Chinese New year, Lunar New Year
Feb. 4: Mine
Feb. 5: Ours
Feb. 6: Forget
Feb. 7: Need
Feb. 8: Nothing
Feb. 9: Relationship, or Lack Of
Feb. 10: Dreaming
Feb. 11: Disgust
Feb. 12: Joy
 Feb. 13: Erase, Emptiness
 Feb. 14: [This prompt is up to you. Put in anything, as long as it still sticks to the event rules.]
Feb. 15: Humiliation
 Feb. 16: Numb
Feb. 17: Differences
Feb. 18: Return
Feb. 19: Bruise
Feb. 20: End

Inspirational Music Recommendations: Shanghai Restoration Project