Eddtober 2023

Hello Eddheads! Welcome to the official Carrd of the Eddtober Blog! Here you'll find the lists of prompts, rules, boundries, and the FAQ. Click on one of the buttons below to get started!

Eddtober 2023 Prompt List

Here's the official list of prompts! Please check the Prompt Explanations button and read the more detailed list as well so you know what is generally expected for the prompt

Eddtober 2023 Prompt List Explanations

Here's where you can find explanations for the prompts in case you need a little more context
(And “create something for” still means that it doesn’t have to be a drawing! It can be fanfics, music, a game, an irl craft, etc)

Eddstra Prompts

Are you a veteran of the series and wanna do prompts you didn't already do previously? Here's a list of extra prompts you could do instead of the one listed for the day!

Rules

Base Rules need to be set so everyone can participate in Eddtober safely and in a fun way. Please read them carefully!-Always tag art with #eddtober and tag appropriately!
Of course, the first part is easy. In regards to the second part, there’s three categories. All they have in common is that they must be tagged with their own tag and NOT in the main eddtober tag. These specific tags musn’t be shortened or reimagined either, just to make sure.
Side Note: If you don’t want to see ANY of these things mentioned in the categories, please block the tags either through Tumblr's filtering option or xkit's blacklist option
a) Gore
Gore and related NSFW is allowed in the challenge, but please tag it as #eddtober gore, alongside the appropriate trigger warnings of the subject as #tw -trigger here- . The creative piece should also be posted with a ‘keep reading’ redirection so it isn’t immediately seen by those who are repulsed by it. (For mobile users, if you put :readmore: on a line and hit enter, it'll give you a Read More)
b) Shipping
As of 2019, shipping is now officially allowed and acceptable in the challenge! If you have any ships implied or shown in a prompt response, always use #eddtober shipping and what ship it is in a separate tag.
We DO NOT allow ships between adults and minors and ships that contain incest.
c) (In)Famous Fan Projects and EW Crew Events
As of 2019 and 2021, a lot of dividing opinions have been flying around the community and splitting people apart. In an event of unity and neutrality, these opinions are still welcomed, but still have to be done carefully. If you create something in favour of a fan-project or the crew, go ahead and tag them #eddtober fan project and #eddtober ew crew (depending on which is applicable to your creation). But if you create something against them, then you don’t have to tag them, just use #eddtober fan project salt or #eddtober ew crew salt. And yes, those are the exact tags. No need to alter them here.-Be Sensitive and Respectful to Others
I know many of us here in this fandom can take easy offence to certain creations, so please considerate and think on your creative piece before you make and post it. If it’s intentionally insulting and offensive, don’t post or even create it at all.
Extra Note: This shouldn't have to be said, but one specific mod in 2020 was targeted with anon hate for not reblogging enough despite being the one mod that reblogged the most - DO NOT DO THIS, DO NOT HARASS THE MODS FOR NOT REBLOGGING ENOUGH, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE FEW MODS WE HAVE, PLEASE BE PATIENT-Credit Where Due
This should be blatantly obvious right now, but please, please don’t steal other’s creative fanwork or post it without credit. Always have permission from the creator to post something of their’s, regardless of the social media, and always have their username when you post it, not just ‘credit to the artist/original person’. If you do not follow this, actions will be taken for your consequences. This also goes for spreading Eddtober - always place a link to this blog if you spread the list to other social medias!-Keep your situation and life chill
You can do one prompt for Eddtober, some of the prompts or all of them - up to you! It’s understandable if life gets in the way. The goal of Eddtober is not to do every prompt, but to be inspired to create fan-content in a way you usually wouldn’t have.-Spread the word
This is less of a rule and more of a personal request from the admins, but spreading word of Eddtober (with appropriate credit back to this blog) would mean a LOT so more people can join in the fun too!-Sharing is caring
Reblogging and sharing from your fellow creators doing Eddtober would be great to give them a motivation and confidence boost! (Keep in mind that reposting is not the same as reblogging)-Go Beyond the Boundaries of Your Imagination
The whole purpose of Eddtober is to promote new, fresh things to come up in the Eddsworld fandom and break a cycle of the same old that’s been there for a while. Take a leap, spread your wings, do your best, and go have fun.If you have any questions about these rules, please contact a Mod!

Boundaries

Most of this list will be related to Rule Two of Eddtober:-Be Sensitive and Respectful to OthersQuote:‘I know many of us here in this fandom can take easy offence to certain creations, so please consider and think on your creative piece before you post.‘Whilst Eddtober is a fun, neutral place to spread our creative wings, there are boundaries that need to be taken in order to keep everyone safe. Which means certain parts that are usually seen as ‘common’ within the Eddsworld Fandom will not be acceptable in the challenge. This list is just to make sure that we as the Eddtober community can set a good standard for the fandom and for ourselves.-Edd Gould’s death
We wish to make it clear that creative pieces that draw clear lines to Edd’s passing IS NOT okay. This includes Edd (IRL and the character) in hospital for cancer, Angel Edd or any AU that depicts him as a divine being of any sort (including Blessworld), in Heaven or Hell (as an actual denizen there, not a tourist like in Hello Hellhole. There’s a strong difference).
Here at Eddtober, Edd's life is something to be celebrated, not his death. It’s uncomfortable to see this thing happen and should be steered clear of.-Fetishisation/Sexualisation of Religions and Faiths
This is another reason why AUs such as Blessworld aren’t allowed here. In regards to that AU, the sexualization and the horrendous acts done within the Catholic church is a highly sensitive topic that’s still debated over even in real life. We're not saying you can’t explore faiths and combine them with Eddsworld, but we HIGHLY recommend doing your research on the faith or religion and its history before creating for Eddtober.-Edd’s old IRL Friends.
Whilst Edd Gould did draw his pals into comics and Eddisodes, making them their own characters (quite clearly), many of them don't want to be associated with Eddsworld or Edd after his passing or after the legacy season. So out of respect for their wishes, please do not involve Edd’s actual old IRL friends in your creative pieces unless they say they’re okay with it. This will vary from person to person, so do not also take one answer from one person and apply that as an umbrella motive.
If you get no response from the person regarding this if you ask them yourself, then take it as a NO and don’t involve them in the creative piece.
This doesn’t mean that you cannot use the Eddsworld character based off of them (unless they straight-up say so). You’re perfectly able to, but to avoid future confusion, a person’s Eddsworld character IS NOT the same as the real-life person. For (a real-world) example, using Tom from Eddsworld in a piece is okay, but using Thomas ‘TomSka’ Ridgewell himself for the same Eddsworld piece isn’t.
In saying this, please don't tag Tomska in your creations. He has an online presence, but he's made it clear he doesn't wish to be involved any longer. Don't tag it as such.-The real guys’ last names/surnames
When Legacy ended, one of Tom’s last says was that the fans shouldn’t use the IRL last names of Eddsworld crewmembers (specifically actors and animators) for the characters. It’s an effort to seperate the characters from the real-life people.
This means when creating your pieces, you DON'T use:
-Edd Gould
-Tom Ridgewell
-Matt Hargreaves
-Tord Larsson
And so forth.
You’re welcome to come up with your own last names for the characters, but please don’t use the old IRL ones. Unfortunately since this habit is starting to pop back up in bits of the fandom, we want to make it clear that isn’t cool or tolerated, and action will be taken if we see it happen in here.-Sinsworld
Believe it or not, the sinsworld tag was specifically made back in the day to keep the porn out of the main. But due to a certain in-fandom event, this intended action has been long-lost. Because of all of these events, any sinsworld (porn, lewds and related sexual NSFW) that’s inspired by the Eddtober prompts WILL NOT be accepted into the blog or any other official Eddtober accounts by any means.
This is because many in this fandom are minors/underage and more who are 18+ are repulsed to porn and such. It is fine to be sexually inspired by the prompts and create stuff for them, but PLEASE don’t tag the Sinsworld content with eddtober tags.-Abusive/Self-Harm Creative Content, Gorey or not
We don’t wish to deny vent or darker creations. It is good to release your frustrations and express personal issues in what you create, but there are safe and appropriate ways to do so in the challenge.
Death wishing, abuse, suicide/suicide idealisation, self-harm and/or similar are NOT allowed to be depicted in the challenge and shouldn't be romanticised or supported. Eddtober aims to be a safe and uplifting place for all creative people, no matter what their space is at the moment.-Shipping
On a similar note - whilst shipping is allowed, there are of course some things we don’t allow out of respect for everyone:
-Shipping of the IRL people
-Ship-bashing or insulting ships
-Shipping between adults and minors
-Incest-shipping-Fetishisation/Sexualisation of Minors
DO NOT DO THIS.
This hasn't occurred yet, but with concerns of this raising higher in different fandom spaces, it must be said here and now. It's something stated in the rules, and so will be restated here again: We don't allow ships between adults and minors and ships that contain incest.-Gore beyond Eddsworld’s levels
Gore has been a staple of Eddsworld since the early episodes, and it won’t be refused in the challenge.
In 2019, gore restrictions were more strict, but they have been laxed since, meaning gut spills and "fashionable gore" are allowed now
-Gore of Edd Gould, or his old IRL friends.
This hasn’t happened, but it is good to make this clear in case some people are really naive about this: DO NOT DO THIS. That’s just straight-up offensive.-(In)Famous fan-projects and Official Crew events
In the past years, certain fan projects and even official EW crew content have gathered a strong following - both for love and hate. Unfortunately, due to this hate being especially loud in 2019 and 2021, action had to be taken for this. It’s not to say that you can’t express your opinions of the content, but there’s a safe way for all in doing so. For the others around you, and for yourself too.
So if you’re going to create things that relate to either side of the argument you’re on, we will NOT allow straight-up insulting stuff to either side. Be it horrendous caricatures of the creators, vaguing about others through a story, plain old bashing or other means, we will NOT let it be shared around. More so, if this is kept up, we’ll most likely disregard your creations entirely since we don’t wish to endorse hurtful people, especially through this event.More sensitivities and boundaries will be added onto this list as we receive questions and requests for this area.
Thank you all for reading and have a safe Eddtober!

Frequently Asked Questions

As the event goes on and questions are asked, this space will be filled out more

What do you mean by this event being neutral?When Eddtober was started in 2017, it was in the midst of some post-Legacy pre-Beyond dramas, with the vision of the event being a discourse-free space where Eddheads could come in unity and just create for the fun of it.
This is still true for Eddtober now and always will be.

Eddtober Gore Blog

• Gore Blog Link

This year, the gore art will be reblogged to @eddtober-gore on tumblr in an effort to keep it away from those who don't wish to see anything gorey during Eddtober. Feel free to block the page and the tag (#eddtober gore) if you don't want to see any of it!BIG OBVIOUS TRIGGER WARNING:
THIS BLOG WILL CONTAIN BLOOD , GORE, AND OTHER TRIGGERING MATERIAL, VIEW IT AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION