Blue Team Week

We are pleased to announce that #BlueTeamWeek is officially happening! A big thank you to everyone who has helped spread the word so far. Additionally, a few special thank yous are in order: 

• to 117–087 for all the help with promoting this event!
  
• to @sierra-alpha-259 for all the help with the prompts!
  

Now, let’s get down to brass tacks.

The What, When, and How

The What: This is a community-driven fandom week dedicated to celebrating Halo’s legendary Blue Team! Each day will focus on a specific member, with a big list of prompts to generate and guide community content throughout the week.

The When: This event will be happening the first full week of February - that is, from Monday, February 5th to Sunday, February 11th. 

The How: Blue Team Week will be hosted here on @s2blueteam , and we will be reblogging all content made for this event, provided that you either use the tag #BlueTeamWeek or mention us in your post (and doing both doesn’t hurt!).

Prompts + Daily Themes

As mentioned above, each day will be dedicated to a different member of Blue Team. The fandom week’s agenda goes as follows:

• DAY 1 → The Leader: John-117
  
• DAY 2 → The Scout: Kelly-087
  
• DAY 3 → The Bleeding Heart: Fred-104
  
• DAY 4 →  The Lone Wolf: Linda-058
  
• DAY 5 →  The Giant: Sam-034
  
• DAY 6 → The Legacies: Past Spartan-II Members*
  
• DAY 7 → The Legacies: Past Spartan-III Members*

*refer here for a full list of past Blue Team personnel.

And below you will find the prompts that will be used for the whole week:**

FOR GIFS AND PHOTO EDITS:

1. [character of the day] + favourite lines of dialogue
   
2. [character of the day] + favourite tropes
   
3. [character of the day] + favourite scenes
   
4. [character of the day] + theme song (of your choosing)
   
5. [character of the day] + aesthetic
   
6. [character of the day] + text posts
   
7. [character of the day] + AU (of your choosing)
   
8. [character of the day] + poetry
   
9. [character of the day] + incorrect quotes
10. [character of the day] + wildcard (aka whatever you want!)

FOR FICS, ART, FANMIXES & MORE:

1. Duty & Honour: « It is our duty to protect humanity »
   
2. Love & Loyalty: « No need to do this by yourself »
3. Friendship & Family: « To absent friends »
4. Battle & Blood: « There will be other places to fight for »
5. Death & Loss: « Spartans never die »
6. Nostalgia & Memories: « This was no homecoming »  
7. Wounds & Recovery: « Now I know what it takes to get some R&R in this outfit »  
   
8. Regret & Repentance: « We don’t leave teammates behind »  
9. Promises & Pacts: « We’re with you »
10. Origins & Ancestry: « It’s what we were born to do »

**These prompts have been divided up as a tentative way of categorization only. You can choose from any of the categories for any kind of content you wish to make!

If you have any questions, please send this blog an ask, and we will be happy to help! Also refer to our FAQ for some common questions people have about fandom weeks in general.

Please reblog this post to help spread the word! Welcome to Blue, Spartans!