Prompts List (Round 2)
Though au_bingo encourages wide interpretations of prompts, some AU prompts may not work for some fandoms. Additionally, some prompts may be triggering for some people. Therefore, please look over this list before signing up. When you sign up, if needed, you can indicate up to five prompts to be vetoed so we can give you a card without those.
If you need more than five prompts vetoed, please contact the mods by PM or email and we will work with you to make sure you have a suitable card.
Alternate Fandom Fusion / Crossover Prompts
You must specify another fandom (from the medium prompted) you're either fusing or crossing over with your fandom’s canon. For example if the fandom you wanted to write in was Harry Potter and the prompt was television, you could write a crossover or fusion between Harry Potter and How I Met Your Mother. Fandoms that come in multiple mediums can be used in any (ex: Sailor Moon would work for anime, musical, manga etc. Lord of the Rings would work for the movie or book fusion prompt.)
anime
book
comics / graphic novels
manga
movie
music video
musical theater
television
theater
video game
webcomic
western cartoon
Alternate History Prompts
Prompts in this category are specific to the canon of the fandom you’re working with. Something in the canon was different, and has now butterflied through history to make an alternate reality.
canon event changed - something went differently than it did in canon
canon historical event changed - something from "precanon" went differently
historical moment changed - a major historical event from canon went differently differentiation
personal history changed
someone is born a different sex and/or gender than canon
someone left
someone never died
someone never returned
someone was never born
We’ve grouped the rest of the prompts into categories for organisation and general explanation. These prompts are not categorised on the cards themselves.
Fantasy or Supernatural Prompts
Reality could be the same in your fandom’s canon, only with the addition of the fantasy/supernatural element, or your fandom’s reality could be completely different, because of the added fantasy/supernatural element. If your fandom already includes the element, it could be in an alternate form, switched characters, etc.
deities / higher powers
demons / angels - or any ‘agents of evil’ and/or ‘agents of good’
djin / genies
dragons
elves
fae / fairies
"fairy tale" - catch-all term for the common fantastic elements such as gnomes, goblins, trolls, dwarfs, enchantments etc
hauntings
immortals
magic
mage / wizards
mutants
“myth”
selkie
sirens
superheroes / superpowers
the afterlife
unicorns
vampires
werewolves
zombies
Historical Prompts
These prompts are based in real world history, not a fandom’s specific canon. Characters are transplanted to a period in time, with a focus on the theme of the prompt.
age of sail
ancient civilizations
civil war
“The Long Weekend” - The inter-war period between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II
early 20th century
exploration
middle ages
migration/immigration
post-atomic age - any time after the advent of nuclear power
prehistoric
regency
revolution
turn of the century
war
Science Fiction Prompts
Reality could be the same in your fandom’s canon, only with the addition of the science fiction element, or your fandom’s reality could be completely different, because of the added element. If your fandom already includes the element, it could be in an alternate form, switched characters, etc.
aliens
alternate planet(s)
alternate societies
dystopia - a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian
mutants
parallel worlds
post-apocalyptic
psychics
robots / AI
space stations / ships
steampunk -a setting where steam power is widely used where it is not canon. For example, a world where steam power became the primary type of power instead of fossil fuels.
tech regression / failure
underwater
Miscellaneous Prompts
These prompts can be used to change any aspect of a canon (ex. a character is an actor), provide a new canon setting (ex. what happens when piracy is introduced into canon), or to inform canon in some other way.
actors
activists
adventurers
animals
apprenticeship
artists
assassins
astronauts
athletes
auto-racing
bounty hunters
castaways
celebrities
combat
criminals
dancers
diplomats
explorers
extreme sports - includes motocross, BMX, snowboarding, skateboarding etc
fandom - active participants in fandom (not “Harry and Ron discover Harry Potter fanfiction”, but maybe “Harry is a huge BNF in LOTR fandom and goes to cons”)
figure skating
government
journalists
kids
law enforcement
lawyers
medical
mercenaries
merchants
military
“mirror verse” - what’s good is bad, what’s bad is good; opposite of canon reality
models
musicians
oceanographers
office
Olympics
photographers
pilots
pirates
prison
production crew
professional sports
reality tv
royalty / nobility
sailors
scientists
sex workers
slavery
small town / village
spies / secret agents
students
surfers
talk / news show
teachers / professors
techs
trainers
treasure hunters
veterinarians
volunteers
writers
If you need more than five prompts vetoed, please contact the mods by PM or email and we will work with you to make sure you have a suitable card.
Alternate Fandom Fusion / Crossover Prompts
You must specify another fandom (from the medium prompted) you're either fusing or crossing over with your fandom’s canon. For example if the fandom you wanted to write in was Harry Potter and the prompt was television, you could write a crossover or fusion between Harry Potter and How I Met Your Mother. Fandoms that come in multiple mediums can be used in any (ex: Sailor Moon would work for anime, musical, manga etc. Lord of the Rings would work for the movie or book fusion prompt.)
anime
book
comics / graphic novels
manga
movie
music video
musical theater
television
theater
video game
webcomic
western cartoon
Alternate History Prompts
Prompts in this category are specific to the canon of the fandom you’re working with. Something in the canon was different, and has now butterflied through history to make an alternate reality.
canon event changed - something went differently than it did in canon
canon historical event changed - something from "precanon" went differently
historical moment changed - a major historical event from canon went differently differentiation
personal history changed
someone is born a different sex and/or gender than canon
someone left
someone never died
someone never returned
someone was never born
We’ve grouped the rest of the prompts into categories for organisation and general explanation. These prompts are not categorised on the cards themselves.
Fantasy or Supernatural Prompts
Reality could be the same in your fandom’s canon, only with the addition of the fantasy/supernatural element, or your fandom’s reality could be completely different, because of the added fantasy/supernatural element. If your fandom already includes the element, it could be in an alternate form, switched characters, etc.
deities / higher powers
demons / angels - or any ‘agents of evil’ and/or ‘agents of good’
djin / genies
dragons
elves
fae / fairies
"fairy tale" - catch-all term for the common fantastic elements such as gnomes, goblins, trolls, dwarfs, enchantments etc
hauntings
immortals
magic
mage / wizards
mutants
“myth”
selkie
sirens
superheroes / superpowers
the afterlife
unicorns
vampires
werewolves
zombies
Historical Prompts
These prompts are based in real world history, not a fandom’s specific canon. Characters are transplanted to a period in time, with a focus on the theme of the prompt.
age of sail
ancient civilizations
civil war
“The Long Weekend” - The inter-war period between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II
early 20th century
exploration
middle ages
migration/immigration
post-atomic age - any time after the advent of nuclear power
prehistoric
regency
revolution
turn of the century
war
Science Fiction Prompts
Reality could be the same in your fandom’s canon, only with the addition of the science fiction element, or your fandom’s reality could be completely different, because of the added element. If your fandom already includes the element, it could be in an alternate form, switched characters, etc.
aliens
alternate planet(s)
alternate societies
dystopia - a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian
mutants
parallel worlds
post-apocalyptic
psychics
robots / AI
space stations / ships
steampunk -a setting where steam power is widely used where it is not canon. For example, a world where steam power became the primary type of power instead of fossil fuels.
tech regression / failure
underwater
Miscellaneous Prompts
These prompts can be used to change any aspect of a canon (ex. a character is an actor), provide a new canon setting (ex. what happens when piracy is introduced into canon), or to inform canon in some other way.
actors
activists
adventurers
animals
apprenticeship
artists
assassins
astronauts
athletes
auto-racing
bounty hunters
castaways
celebrities
combat
criminals
dancers
diplomats
explorers
extreme sports - includes motocross, BMX, snowboarding, skateboarding etc
fandom - active participants in fandom (not “Harry and Ron discover Harry Potter fanfiction”, but maybe “Harry is a huge BNF in LOTR fandom and goes to cons”)
figure skating
government
journalists
kids
law enforcement
lawyers
medical
mercenaries
merchants
military
“mirror verse” - what’s good is bad, what’s bad is good; opposite of canon reality
models
musicians
oceanographers
office
Olympics
photographers
pilots
pirates
prison
production crew
professional sports
reality tv
royalty / nobility
sailors
scientists
sex workers
slavery
small town / village
spies / secret agents
students
surfers
talk / news show
teachers / professors
techs
trainers
treasure hunters
veterinarians
volunteers
writers