🔞Drone Season

The #DroneSeason creators have been revealed! Prepare your Spiderman pointing gifs and go lavish the authors and artists with kudos & comments!

Creators, feel free to post your newly-revealed works!

The #DroneSeason 2025 collection is open!

Go get your gift, then read everyone else's! There's #homesmut for every kink you can imagine, and a fair few you've never dared to dream of.

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(You can email us at droneseason@gmail.com too!)
And you can also reach out to ask us questions for your gifter; we can anonymously pass them along and get you answers or clarification. :)

Assignments have just been sent out!!
Check your emails / your Assignments tab on AO3! And please feel free to reach out to the mod team through Bluesky messages, Discord, or Tumblr with any questions, concerns, or anything else we can assist with.

Happy pornographing!!!

A reminder to check the email address you're using for your AO3 account!
We may need to reach out to you with questions or things that need to be edited, and if we don't hear back from you by the end of the matching period, your signup may be removed.

(Signing up as a pinch hitter is not a commitment to create a gift. If/when prompts are in need of filling, anyone signed up to pinch hit will get to view the prompts and decide if they would like to fill one.)

#DroneSeason 2025 signups are closed, but if you'd like to join in the fun, you can sign up as a pinch hitter! (Pinch hitters step in to create gifts if participants can't complete their assignments for some reason.)

If you're interested, drop us a line here, on Tumblr, or on Discord!

Last day of signups!

If you were thinking of signing up, now's the time!

Sign up on AO3: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

One week of signups left for the Drone Season 2025 #homesmut fanwork exchange! (For Homestuck, Hiveswap & Problem Sleuth)

Never participated in a fanwork exchange before? Need some help with or inspiration for the signup process? Check out our illustrated walkthrough:

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Signups are open for another 2 weeks! Plenty of time to dream up some sweet, spicy, or thoroughly dead dove prompts for this #homesmut fanwork exchange!

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Sorry, forgot to switch accounts, but yes! Here are the links for Tumblr & Discord, if you need 'em to DM us your email!

◆ Join our Discord server: discord.gg/aK4CCyBRYK
♡ Visit us on Tumblr: drone-season.tumblr.com

If you need an AO3 invitation, we can send you one!

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♥Sign up: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

#droneseason signups are open now through July 19!
Join us to fill your buckets with #homesmut!

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• Get an AO3 account: archiveofourown.org
• Join the Discord: discord.gg/aK4CCyBRYK
• Previous Drone Season works: archiveofourown.org/collections/...
• Previous requests: archiveofourown.org/collections/...
• Swap Rules & FAQ: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Page 10 Dirk: Damn, girl. Nepeta: that was my tamest prompt last year

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Page 9 Nepeta: here's one of my old prompts for reference Screencap: Drone Season Signup Form filled out as follows: Fandoms: Homestuck Characters: Eridan Ampora, Cronus Ampora, Orphaner Dualscar, Feferi Peixes, Meenah Peixes, The Condesce (Homestuck) Relationships: (blank) Ratings: Explicit is checked. Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Vioelnce and Rape/Non-Con are checked Description: warnings & tags are optional!!! any ampora gets hunted by any peixes! underwater? on land? bring it on. when they catch their fish, maybe the fish puts up a fight and it gets good and bloody. or maybe they're easy to catch because they're super into it :33c in the end I'm hoping for some bondage and femdom :33c yes please: femdom, bondage, hunting, predator/prey, soft vore no thank you: loss of limbs, eye gore, main character death bonus points: if the ampora in question is humiliated by his subbiness but gets off on that too Optional Tags: bondage, bdsm, femdom, vore

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Page 8 Nepeta: the description is the meat of your prompt. Inspire your gifter. Share your beautiful, smutty vision! Screencap of signup form with the following fields filled out: Description: An omegaverse coffeeshop AU where the baristas are omegas and when one goes into heat... they all do! I'm thinking beta kids as omega baristas and alpha kids as alpha customers. Yes: dom/sub, pheromones, dubcon, noncon, public sex, biting, knotting No: food contamination, scalding Optional tags: A/B/O dynamics, public sex, knotting Dirk: So should I keep it fairly short? Nepeta: you can go longer if you want! the idea is to give some inspiration & leave your gifter room to be creative. they might be an artist or a writer, so they may not be able to include everything. think of it more as an overall vibe than a precise request. Dirk: Gotcha. And clear statements of my hard limits, as well as things I like. Nepeta: mm-hm! the no list is really important for your gifter to stick to! Nepeta: btw, the prompts will be made public later so people can make bonus gifts if they want!

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Page 7 Dirk: What's the "Prompt URL" for? Nepeta: If you want, you can write a "dear gifter" letter to give them a general sense of your preferences and aesthetics. Post it on your blog or website and link it here.

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Page 6 Nepeta: Check the rating or ratings you want for your request. Check the archive warnings that could apply to your prompt. Or, if you don't want any of that content included, check "no archive warnings apply." Dirk: Sweet, then I want all the most extreme shit.

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Page 5 Nepeta: if your pairings for a request are pretty simple, go ahead and enter them like this: Characters: Dave Strider, Rose Lalonde Relationships: Dave Strider/Rose Lalonde Nepeta: if its more complicated, or a flexible, mix-and-match deal, tag all the characters, leave the relationships box blank, and explain in the description. Characters: Dad Egbert, Mom Lalonde, Nanna Egbert, John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Jane Crocker Description: I'd like to see any of the tagged guardians in a bodice-ripper style romance with any of the tagged younger players. Nepeta: The "any characters" checkbox will override the tagged characters, so only check it if you want to be surprised.

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Page 4 Nepeta: characters are the main way requesters and gifters get matched up. Use the AO3 canon tags for characters. No self-inserts, OCs, or MSPA Reader. If there's a canon character who doesn't have a canonical tag yet, check to see if they're listed under another name. If not, leave them out of the character box and explain who you want in the description box instead. Nepeta: If you check "any character," leave the write-in field blank. But it could be literally anybody, so only check it if you mean it.

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Page 3 Nepeta: the basic rules are on the signup form and the rules page, so lets look at the details. Screencap: Drone Season Signup Form Nepeta: 3 of your requests need to be centered on original recipe homestuck, just act 1-7 of the original comic. Nepeta: but you can include optional elements from post-canon, HS games, or problem sleuth if you want. Nepeta: Requests 4 through 6 can include as much homestuck-adjacent content as you want! Nepeta: but no fanventures or crossovers with non-homestuck-related fandoms.

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Page 2 Screencap: Drone Season Profile page Picture: Nepeta looming excitedly over Dirk at his laptop. Nepeta: go to the profile page for this years drone season on ao3 Nepeta: click sign up Nepeta: ignore the join button Nepeta go, go, go! Dirk: Aren't signups open for about 3 weeks? Nepeta: yeah but i cant wait!

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Page 1 (Nepeta running and carrying Dirk bridal style) Nepeta: its time dirk! time to sign up for drone season! Dirk: You carrying me gives me some confusing feelings. Nepeta: hm? Dirk: Nothing.

Already have your AO3 account? Then it's time to prepare your body and mind for the Drone Season signups!

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• Get an account: archiveofourown.org

• Join the Discord: discord.gg/aK4CCyBRYK

• Previous Drone Season works: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

• Previous requests: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

• Swap Rules & FAQ: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Page 5 Panel of Dirk holding a pencil and Nepeta offering him some paper from her satchel. Dirk: Okay, sensei, I’m ready. What’s next? Nepeta: next we brainstorm prompts Nepeta: you wanna learn how to make quadrant charts? Dirk: Let’s fuckin’ go. Next time: Nepeta explains signups! Want to get a feel for the exchange? Check the links to see Drone Season requests & fanworks from previous years!

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