#MKM FAQ
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Heads up, friends.
Every once in a while, we’ll get a prompt that is... well, to put it bluntly, a rip-off of an existing thing, be it a book or a TV show or a movie or what have you. Now, we have nothing against very loose interpretations, but there is a real concern about plagiarism. When we get prompts that are clearly based off of certain existing media, we are putting our blog at risk of possible legal ramifications.
Despite not making money from this blog, many of the mods of MKM do work on commission, and it would be easy to link this blog to our work and say that we profit from MKM in an indirect way, and since many of the prompts are anon, we, the mods, are responsible for the content by default.
Now, lots of people would say that there’s no such thing as originality, since most ideas have been done, but there’s a huge difference between an idea that’s similar to other ones and taking someone else’s idea and presenting it verbatim as your own. Please keep that in mind when you submit prompts. We’d really appreciate it.
Thank you guys so much for submitting and keeping this blog going. You guys are amazing and we love you so much.
- Mod Traveler and the rest of Team Kink
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hey, I'm sorry if this has been clarified before but I just wanted to ask about one of the topics that aren't allowed: am I correct in assuming "Under-aged/pedophilia (with the minimum age being 18)" also includes sfw stuff, like high school settings?
Thanks for checking in!
The reason we have that rule is because we wanted to make it very clear that we do not allow underaged characters to be placed in sexual situations. MKM is anti pedophilia.
We are fine with people writing SFW stories about kids/teens though; we’ve got a few prompts and fills that have kids in them, and we love many of the creative ideas we’ve seen the community come up with. We just ask that people be aware of what is and isn’t appropriate when they’re writing.
We draw the line with teen romance at a chaste kiss. More than that is what we would call inappropriate. The mods, and our followers, are all adults, and it steps into murky territory for us to be writing/sharing content featuring teens or children that goes beyond SFW.
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Hi!!!! I’m really sorry to be a burden, I love all the prompts posted here and I would love to submit some,,,,, but I have no idea how to make a read more tag thing. It might have something to do with the fact that I’m on mobile? I have no idea,,,,
This is how you do it via desktop:
Here’s a link that explains formatting on mobile. Honestly, we mostly post using desktop, because it’s far easier posting longer posts on desktop, but we know that people work with what they have and I hope this helps.
- Mods Aelia and Traveler
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Whump isn't putting abuse in a positive light. It's a genre of fiction that centers around angst and negative things happening. These are sometimes abuse but it can also be ship wrecks, natural disasters, sickness, poison, car crashes, anything. And one of the whole points of it is to show that it has a harmful effect on the character. You're obviously allowed to have it in your dni if it is upsetting but like, as a survivor who occasionally ventures into that community, that's not what it means
Hi. Thanks for messaging us.
Most of us at MonsterKinkMeme are also survivors, be it terrible life-altering accidents, attacks, stalking, illness and/or disease, and/or various forms of abuse. So we can totally understand that perspective. Heck, many of us have written scenarios like the ones you describe, myself included. In fact, one of the stories of which I’m proudest involves a young woman escaping sexual and physical abuse as it’s happening.
The problem is, when you search for whump fiction, either here, on FF.net, or Ao3, most of what you find is glorified abuse. I’m not saying that all whump is like that, but from what we could find, a lot of it is. So, like with rape and non-con, we’ve excluded it as a means of protecting people who feel uncomfortable or upset by such content. We can modify it so that it says “glorified abuse,” but that would still leave the door open for people to misinterpret exactly what constitutes “abuse.”
Further research on the subject is definitely warranted. If you could link us to some sources on it so that we could ascertain exactly the purpose of the sub-genre, we’d be more than happy to change the DNI list.
Thank you so much for coming to us with your concerns. We have always encouraged open dialogue and will continue to do so.
- Mod Traveler
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Do you have any Halloween/autumn themed prompts?
We may have some mixed in, and we have a masterlist of prompts that Mod Traveler took the time to make for us, but I don’t believe we actually have that categorized specifically. That could be a fun thing to do. I’ll play with that tomorrow. :)
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I was read the FAQ and Rules a bit ago, after I found a promt I wanted to writing something for, but I’m still not sure how that works?
There are two ways to do it: You can write your fill and reblog it with the original post, or you can make it a separate post and tag us. Either way, it will let us know you've written something and we'll reblog it!
-Mod Traveler
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FAQ & Rules
Hello! Welcome to Monster Kink Meme!
This blog is a source for writing and art prompts for monsters & kinks. Pretty straightforward. Here’s a basic FAQ, mixed with our rules.
What is the point of this blog?
This blog is to generate writing and art prompts, similar to @write-it-motherfuckers and @writing-prompt-s, specifically for exophilia writers and artists.
Can we submit prompts?
Yes! Please do, either through the submission button or through asks. Asks are best for short prompts, or things that you want to keep anonymous. Submissions are best for longer prompts, and cannot be anonymous. We love getting prompts from folks. If you have a request for a story, please phrase it as a prompt. We aren’t a request blog, but a prompt blog.
Who can participate?
Anyone over the age of 18.
How can we participate?
Other than submitting prompts, if you see a prompt that inspires you, write or draw something and reblog it with the original prompt. Also, tag liberally.
Art submitted cannot be anonymous and must be from either the artist who created it or posted with permission from the artist who created it. Do not repost someone else’s art without their permission. This includes using it in moodboards (those collages at the top of stories.)
I see you suggest genders/monsters. Do I need to use those?
Mod prompts will sometimes have suggested genders & monsters. Those are totally optional and can be ignored if something else inspires you.
Submitted prompts that include requested monsters or genders should be considered mandatory, since people submitting those are setting up specific situations they’d hope to see.
Do I need to use a specific tense or point of view? [x]
No! The exophilia community does a lot of writing from second person present tense as a stylistic thing, but that doesn’t mean you should limit yourself to that. Write what feels comfortable to you. If that’s third person, write that! If it’s past tense, then that’s fine, too!
Can I write about sexy stuff? Kinky stuff? Polyamory?
Yes! We leave our prompts open, but if something you write takes a sexy turn, or features extra kinks, or multiple partners, that’s totally fine by us. (As long as it abides by the rules below re: what we don’t allow.) We love that stuff, it’s just that a lot of what we’ve gotten so far has been sweet rather than spicy.
Just make sure you TAG APPROPRIATELY. Use the citrus scale, tag for content (anything that people may want to know about before choosing to read your story), and follow the content rules. (We want consent, no incest, no underage sex, and no bestiality. Beyond that, it’s fair game.)
Where do I find monster inspiration?
We’ve got a post here. The short version? Everywhere! Pop culture. Cryptids. Mythology. Dungeons & Dragons. Video Games. Movies. Your Imagination.
I need writing help. Do you have advice?
We have a post here. It’s got advice from a bunch of us about how to start, how to continue. How to do the thing. The biggest thing is just to go for it. You’ll never get better without doing.
If a prompt has already been “filled,” can someone else write about the same prompt with a different story?
Yep! We’d love to see as many iterations as you guys can think of! (Someone asked Aelia about it, there’s a post.)
Are there any format expectations/requirements for stories?
Generally we like to see something that lists Characters, Content, and Rating, and a Read More link when appropriate.
Characters tells people who/what is in your story. Reader & monster genders would be listed here.
Content would be where you put any tags (see the next question) and warn people about anything that may squick or trigger, as well as any acts or situations that they may be interested in, or which they may wish to avoid. This allows people to make good choices for themselves.
Rating is based on our Citrus Scale.
If your story is more than about 6 paragraphs, or it’s explicit or potentially triggering, we love to see you use a Read More/Keep Reading tag after the first paragraph or two so when we reblog it people don’t have to scroll forever.
How should I tag?
There’s two spots we love to see tags!
1: Ahead of your story. If you put tags before your story, your readers can make informed choices about what you’ve written, and whether it’s a good/safe choice for them. This is where we want to see tags about any kinks, sex acts, or content warnings for readers.
2: In the tumblr tags. This is where you put things to make your story searchable, so DO NOT put NSFW or “sexual” tags here, as it will make the post inaccessible by searching. This is where all the tags about citrus scale, monster types, reader & monster genders, pairings, and fandoms that apply should go. Here’s a post about unsearchable tags. Using these tags will make your post “disappear” and we’d hate to see that happen.
We have a handy guide to how we want to see the citrus scale used for stories that people hope to see on our blog.
Overall, USE CONTENT WARNINGS. We cannot stress this enough. We want readers to be able to make informed choices about what they read to avoid “squicks” and triggers.
Should we use the “teratophilia” tag?
We would prefer you didn’t for two reasons: A: teratophilia is no longer a searchable tag, and B: given the original definition of the word (sexual attraction to deformed, disfigured, or monstrous people and a form of paraphilia, I.E. attraction to the disabled), the moderators of this blog feel it is both inaccurate and insensitive.
Most (not all, but most) monster-lover writers now use the much more accurate term exophilia (the love of extraterrestrial, robotic, supernatural, or otherwise non-human life-forms) to describe our work. Robophilia (sexual attraction to robots) and xenophilia (sexual attraction to aliens) is still permissible.
Topics we don’t allow/won’t post/reblog:
Real people (like actors, musicians, and other celebrities)
Incest (including step/adopted family members)
Non-con/dub-con (including rape-play)
Whump (”Hurt/Comfort” fics that focus more on the hurt and less on the comfort. Not to be confused with standard Hurt/Comfort or BDSM)
Bestiality (creatures that don’t possess the mental capacity to consent)
Under-aged/pedophilia (with the minimum age being 18)
Everything else it totally fine.
If you plan on writing anything along these lines using our prompts, please make it a separate post, and do not tag us in it. This is because we want our notes to be relatively safe for people to look through, but also because we don’t want to be associated with things that violate our policies.
We would also like to point out once more that this is a prompt/prompt fill blog, not a request or roleplay blog. If your story/submission does not meet our rules and is NOT a prompt/prompt fill, we will not be posting it on our blog.
Do not plagiarize books/movies/video games for your prompts.
We’ve seen this cropping up a lot recently. We will not post them if we spot them, and if we miss it and someone points it out, it’ll be deleted. [x]
General Expectation for Respect/Sensitivity
We didn’t want to phrase this one as a question necessarily but we wanted to make it clear that on the whole, not only do all of the mods of this blog embrace the idea of an open community, but we endorse appreciation over appropriation, as well as sensitivity and respect when working with creatures from races and cultures that are not your own, or sexualities, or genders which you do not identify with. We love representation, we just want to see it done well.
Mod Traveler has a post on her blog that sums it up well and includes links to educational resources for people looking for more info, but you should be able to reach out to any of us for more information about what we mean.
What are “theme days”?
We (sometimes) have two theme days a week where we request prompts that fit a specific theme. Prompts that come in on those days which fit those themes get posted immediately instead of getting queued.
Trope Tuesday is all about our favorite tropes with monsters mixed in. First Date Friday is about the trials and tribulations of first dates. We currently do them weekly, but that’s subject to change.
What are tropes?
We’ve had a few questions come in about this! We’ve answered it here, and here. But the short version is; storytelling shorthand. Common “cliche” situations that readers recognize, and may have set expectations for. (”Oh no someone is getting married and I need a date!” etc.)
I saw you reblog something from [other prompt page]. Why?
So, we reblog from other prompt pages because we are trying to keep enough prompts in the queue to have stuff posting with consistency. We’ve been trying to share relevant prompt posts from other places (with permission from the other blogs, in every case) to ensure there’s enough content.
I wrote a story but you didn’t reblog it!
If it didn’t violate any of our rules, we just might have missed it in the notes, or it wasn’t about monsters. Please feel free to tag us, or message a member of the mod team directly. :)
Will you post a story I submit to you?
Only if it’s a direct response to one of our prompts, and/or it involves monsters. We’re a monster prompt blog. :)
Do you have a masterlist?
We do! We have one for Fills and one for Prompts.
I don’t like something I saw posted, what do I do?
We can’t control what people post in response to prompts posted here, but we won’t ever reblog something that doesn’t fit the spirit of our blog, and we’ll never post prompts that go against our rules.
With the exception of our explicitly not allowed list, we abide by the “your kink doesn’t have to be my kink, and that’s okay” rule. The tl;dr version of this is “if it doesn’t violate the rules, but you don’t like it, just keep scrolling.”
If you feel it does violate our rules but it slipped through the cracks somehow, please send one of the mods a message, and we will help you out with it.
That’s it! We’ll update as needed! Have fun and get creating!
- Team Kink (AKA: @aelia-likes-monsters, @elizabethtarington, @hufflesmonsters, @monstersandmaw, @cozycryptidcorner, @demonsigh, & @thetravelerwrites)
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Just A Reminder
We here at Monster Kink Meme love giving new or smaller writers the spotlight and feel it’s a great opportunity to give the exophilia community more when it comes to content. We love new content! Love it!
But we would like to take this moment to remind new writers or maybe people who haven’t glanced over our FAQ that we are a prompt/prompt fill blog. If you are submitting an original work that is not a prompt fill from our blog or is a prompt itself, we will not be reblogging it.
Our goal is to inspire and to showcase people who have run with those inspirations. And while we are very interested in seeing more content, it is in a new writer’s interest to create their own platform for their original ideas. Creating a Tumblr (or side blog) is a good way to start, so is using Wattpad or using Ao3.
Thank you.
-Team Kink
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Oh my god they were quarantined...
Not to make light of a serious new pandemic, but it feels like all of us could use a bit of fun, and this probably is going to be the new trope (as predicted by @aww_beans of Twitter) so we’re making it an official MKM challenge.
Use the tag #MonsterQuarantine so we can find each other’s stories, and MKM will do our best to maintain a masterlist and get them all reblogged here. (You can/should also reblog this post with a link to your story, or the whole story, or message one of the mods with it as well to ensure we see it. Things are still getting lost in our notifications.)
Our rules for responding to any of our prompts or participating in any of our challenges remain the same as always. (Please see our rules & FAQ)
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A Quick Note about Intersectionality
If you’ve read our FAQ & Rules Post (and if you haven’t, you should), you know that we briefly touch upon the subject of respect when writing fills that could potentially involve sensitive subjects, but I’d like to expand upon that a little further for a moment.
Here at MKM, inclusion is extremely important to us. We want to represent our fanbase in all its facets as best we can, which is why we encourage LGBTQIA+, disabled, and POC prompts. Having said that, the mods are all cis women of varying sexualities and disabilities. None of us are trans or men, and I believe most of us are white, so there are vast gaps in our perceptions, experiences, and expertise.
We fully embrace intersectionalism and we are adamant about accuracy, sensitivity, and respect. Most of all, we wholeheartedly discourage fetishism and stereotyping. If you desire to submit a prompt or write a fill based on the LGBTQIA+ community, the disabled, or people of color, please be respectful of the subject matter, do the necessary research, and be mindful of your words and how you use them.
If you are disabled, a person of color, or a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and feel that something has been mishandled or misrepresented by either the staff or any of the submissions, please do not hesitate to send us an ask or contact one of us. We will be happy to accommodate you.
Above all, be kind.
- Mod Traveler
#Mod Talks#Mod Traveler#Writing#Prompts#Fills#Sensitivity#intersectionality#representation#poc#disabled#lgbtqia+
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Rules Updates
Hello MKM Fans!
We’ll have to come up with a cute nickname for you all at some point. But in the meantime I’m slipping this post into today’s update to remind you all to read our rules.
We’ve had some questions & situations come up recently that have led to updates to the Rules & FAQ page, and we’d love if you all can take some time and check those out. :)
Additionally, while I’m here there’s a couple things I wanna address!
>> If you “filled” a prompt that doesn’t break any rules and we haven’t reblogged it, we may not have seen it. Please message a member of the mod team. We’re getting thousands of notes every day at this point and things can get buried.
>> If you “filled” a prompt that did break some of the rules, we definitely won’t be reblogging that. We aren’t trying to control what you post on your blog, but there’s things we absolutely don’t want on ours, and that’s all spelled out in our rules.
>> If you sent in a request and you haven’t seen it posted within about 3 days, please send it again. If you don’t see it in 3 more days, message one of us.
>> Please take a few minutes to read all our rules. :)
- Team Kink
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