Promptober

Related terms:	Whumptober, Flufftober, Kinktober, Party Month, AO3 in October
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Promptober is a term sometimes used to reference the large volume of prompt challenges of different types that happen in fandom spaces, but especially Archive of Our Own and Tumblr during the month of October.

Another use is that the term Promptober will be used more generally by a fandom or group as the name for a challenge set during October.

The influx of fanworks, particular fics, which are often very different in tone and genre due to the biggest three prompt events being Whumptober, Kinktober, and Flufftober, are often the topic of discussions, memes, jokes, and occasionally discourse.

Meta and Discussions

• After posting a video about October being 'party month' on AO3, ileikbees create a follow-up video responding to a question about what exactly happened during October. In the video, ileikbees discussed the different types of prompt lists that were run during October.
• Can’t wait for all the pain whumptober is gonna bring this year, by cloudie27

Memes and Jokes

• Fanfic authors at 12 am October first by ileikbees
• ao3 in october by Dicklessthewonderclown
• realizing it's almost october... ao3 in october by yikes.itz.liz
• no amount of filtering can make u escape it by madsuck
• happy _tober to all who celebrate on ao3 by webstersao3dictionary