Tumblr Prompt — Tag Meaning
A freeform tag for fics written from prompts received or found on Tumblr, where ask-box requests and prompt lists drive a huge share of short-form fanfic. The original prompt is usually quoted in the summary or notes.
What to Expect From "Tumblr Prompt" Fics
A short piece executing a specific premise, often part of a prompt-list series. The prompt text tells you exactly what you are getting.
How to find Tumblr Prompt fics on AO3
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Real examples from AO3's most-kudosed works:
Wrong Number
by Dangit
To Dine so Dark
by jesso
Turn a Little Faster
by skoosiepants
No Matter The Universe
by gillywulf
Hunter x Hunter Shorts and Prompts
by agent_cupcake
Quote Drabbles
by SharkGirl
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Prompt Fic
A canonical tag for stories generated from prompts of any provenance: memes, challenges, friends' requests, generator tools. It marks writing as response, a mode fandom has refined into its own craft.
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Prompt Fill
A canonical tag emphasizing the act of filling a specific request, the vocabulary of kink memes and prompt communities where 'fill' is the technical term for a completed response. It signals the work answers someone's particular ask.
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Ficlet
A canonical tag for a short piece without the drabble's exact-count rule, generally meaning anything from a few hundred to a couple thousand words. It is the natural container for tumblr prompt responses and scenes too small to call one shots.
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Ficlet Collection
A canonical tag for multi-chapter works where each chapter is an unrelated or loosely related ficlet, commonly an author's archive of prompt responses. The format lets readers subscribe to one work and receive a stream of small stories.
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