rules/guidelines & FAQ

[flareonfury]

Hello there, new member!

This community was inspired by batfic100 {sadly defunct now} and twilight100 at LJ. This community was originally started on Livejournal from November 2008 to November 2009 (which I have since imported here), and is now beginning again on dreamwidth starting July 27, 2025.

o1. Your drabble needs to be exactly 100 words. No more no less. Regardless of the small word count, each drabble must be underneath a cut - if you don't know how to use an check out THIS page or a fake cut to your unlocked journal/other community/AO3/SquidgeWorld/etc.

You can write interconnected drabbles under one fic header but please separate each 100 words in some way (a separator or labeled Parts - Although Parts will not be counted towards your 100). Each 100 words should have the prompt in there somewhere or at the very least implied. If by any chance you write more interconnected drabbles that are not focused on the prompt, please put that somewhere on your entry here, for example you could write: 6 drabbles written for the challenge & one that isn't.
 

o2. These drabbles also must be brand new and written specifically for the community. No using past works.

Can you use these with other challenges/prompts? Sure can! Whatever helps you to write!

o3. The goal of this community is to have fun of course, but also to bring your team to the winning position for each weekly challenge. Each drabble written constitutes as 10 points for your team and will be counted up at the end of each week, and if your team wins and you participated in the challenge you'll receive a banner.

o4. You can post as many times as you like in the given week. In fact, it's encouraged. The more you post, the more likely your team will win.

o5. For each challenge, the member of the team who won & had participated will be awarded a banner. This will be announced when new challenges and previous challenge winners are posted.

o6. You are required to put your own tags, if confused, please check out below:

Here is an example: author: (your username), challenge: (challenge title here), team: (your team)

author: flareonfury, challenge: thanks, team: x-men

Don't forget to add your universe, character & pairing tags, too!

Here is an example of them: character: (name), pairing: (names), universe: (title)

character: scott "cyclops" summers, pairing: emma/scott, universe: house of m

For pairing tags, it would be whoever's FIRST name comes in alphabetical order. 

If you need a tag created - which good on you because I have over 400 tags, please just put it on your post & tag with: !needs tags

Here is also a Tagging Reference to what is currently available - feel free to use it as a request post for new tags.
 

o7. When posting, use the guidelines given in the user info and please put your username, your team & # of drabbles in the subject line.

Here is an example: your username // team (your team) // # Drabble(s) 

flareonfury // team x-men // 5 drabbles

o8. Crossovers with other fandoms are not currently allowed. (There MIGHT be challenges that will allow crossovers though!) "Crossovers" between any X-Men related fandoms is acceptable. 
 

o9. Original characters are okay, as long as they aren't the main focus of your drabble.

10. NO REAL PEOPLE FICTION.

11. The prompt is merely a suggestion, as long as it is loosely based on whatever the prompt it is, it's okay!



f.a.q.

Some common questions... if you have any more, comment here.

If I'm on team x-men/brotherhood/sentinel, am I restricted to writing about just x-men? brotherhood? sentinel? That's the beauty of it! NOPE! You can write about whatever and whoever you want, as long as it's in the X-men universe.

Can I post more than one drabble in a single post? Yes and in fact it's encouraged. It helps member flists stay unclogged (so I'm told anyway).

Can I link my drabbles, like a drabble series? Of course! If you want to interconnect your drabbles, completely ok too!

Are we allowed to post our drabbles to other communities/AO3/etc? Most definitely! It's your writing - do whatever you want with it. All I ask is you link back or refer back to the community when you can so more people can join up!

Can I write in a non-English language? Of course! As long as it consists of 100 words. Make a note somewhere on your post so readers are aware.

What kinds of ships/pairings are allowed here? Any and all - no shipping wars allowed. If you want to canon stuff only, that's perfectly fine - unconventional/non-canon? of course! -  Crack pairings? of course! ANY pairing is allowed. Just warn for incest or whatever other potential triggers.