No True Pair 2025 Four-Character Mini-Challenge Sign-Ups!

[kalloway]

no_true_pair's 2025 Four-Character Mini-Challenge is open for sign-ups!

no_true_pair is, loosely, a mad-libs-style challenge. You sign up with a list of characters, a set of prompts is posted that uses all the characters in different combinations, and you create works using those characters.

For example, if your list contained Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse as numbers 2 and 4, there could be a prompt like "2 & 4 go out for coffee" or "4 invites 2 out for dinner, except..." and you'd write Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse going out for coffee, or Mickey Mouse inviting Darth Vader out for dinner and then going from there.

1. Leave a comment with your numbered list of four characters.

As per previous rounds:

• your list can contain characters from one fandom or different fandoms
• you may use your original characters
• you may have more than one list (as many as you like)
• every character in your list will have a prompt with every other one

2. This is a low-pressure challenge. Signing up does not obligate you to create anything.

3. Tell your friends and have fun!

4. If you have any questions, just ask!

5. The Schedule:
Signups Open - NOW!
Prompts Posted ~ March 17th
Posting - March 26th-31st
Amnesty - Thereafter

(Amnesty is currently paused until the end of this round.)

Comments

[kalloway]

Emperors SaGa

1. Rocbouquet
2. Cat
3. Emerald
4. Silver Emperor

[endlesstwanted]

Excited to try this (didn't have much luck creating the past round)! My list (mix of fandoms):
1. Sam Wilson
2. Natasha Romanov
3. Lauren Bloom
4. Floyd Reynolds

[smallhobbit]

Sherlock BBC

1. Mycroft Holmes
2. Stanley Hopkins
3. Greg Lestrade
4. Victor Trevor

[suzy_queue]

Yay!!! I had so much fun with this last round. <3

9-1-1 and Marvel

1. Evan Buckley
2. Kate Bishop
3. Tommy Kinard
4. Clint Barton

[dragonofeternal]

Ensemble Stars 1
1) Kohaku Oukawa
2) Madara Mikejima
3) Kanata Shinkai
4) Maguro Mikejima

Ensemble Stars 2
1) Tatsumi Kazehaya
2) Kaname Tojou
3) HiMERU
4) Jun Sazanami

Persona 2
1) Jun Kurosu
2) Nyarlathotep
3) Tatsuya Suou
4) Tatsuya Sudou

[senmut]

1. Alustriel Silverhand
2. Catti-brie Battlehammer
3. Zanna Do'Urden (OC)
4. Niska Bentleaf (OC)

[somariel]

Borrowing a couple of OCs from my current fandom hyperfixation (Inexplicifics's The Accidental Warlord and His Pack Witcher AU)

1. Lambert of the Wolves
2. Milena de Roggeven (AWAU OC)
3. Aiden of the Cats
4. Aleksander of Velen aka Sasha (AWAU OC)

[goddess47]

Yay! I've been looking forward to this!

1. Rodney McKay (Stargate Atlantis)
2. Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf)
3. Buck Buckley (9-1-1)
4. Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

[suzume]

1. Yun (Suikoden III)
2. Sasarai (Suikoden II/III)
3. Chris Lightfellow (Suikoden III)
4. Nash Latjke (Suikoden III)

[impala_chick]

Masters of the Air
1. Harry Crosby
2. Rosie Rosenthal
3. Bucky Egan
4. Buck Cleven

Challengers
1. Art Donaldson
2. Tashi Donaldson
3. Patrick Zweig
4. Lily Donaldson

RNM
1. Max Evans
2. Kyle Valenti
3. Liz Ortecho
4. Isobel Evans

[xinger]

Thank you for running this challenge! ♥ Looking forward to playing again!

Mo Dao Zu Shi
1. Lan Wangji
2. Jiang Yanli
3. Jiang Cheng
4. Wei Wuxian

[squidgiepdx]

1) Derek "Nursey" Nurse
2) William "Dex" Poindexter
3) Evan Lorne
4) Monroe (Grimm)

[mothsystem]

1. Mairon
2. Melkor
3. Celebrimbor
4. Finrod

[nuh_s]

The Mechanisms
1. The Aurora
2. Jonny d'Ville
3. Ivy Alexandria
4. Nastya Rasputina

[subukunojess]

1) Malleus Draconia
2) Bubba (Bendy AU OC)
3) Doey the Doughman
4) Sebastian Solace

[facelesswanderer]

1) Bradley Bradshaw (TopGun Maverick)
2) Felicity Smoak (Arrow)
3) Evan Buckley (9-1-1)
4) Jake Seresin (TopGun Maverick)

1) Max Mayfield
2) Eddie Munson
3) Jonathan Byers
4) Steve Harrington

[thisbluespirit]

I was even more indecisive than usual, so have finally decided not to decide and have lots of little lists and see what happens! (Possibly me regretting it, but... XD)

Crossover 1:
1. Seventh Doctor
2. Cassandra Cillian
3. Death (Discworld)
4. William Palmer

Crossover 2:
1. Catherine Winslow
2. Sir Robert Morton
3. Charley Pollard
4. Beatrice Eliott

Doctor Who:
1. Clara Oswald
2. Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
3. Graham O'Brien
4. Evelyn Smythe

Original 1:
1. Leion Valerno
2. Viyony Eseray
3. Pello Ahblan
4. Kadia Barra

Original 2:
1. Marran Delver
2. Osmer Nivyrn
3. Pello Ahblan
4. Kilsin Neivaret

[fleetsparrow]

I can't believe I saw the prompt post before I signed up (though, thankfully, not the prompts themselves). This is what happens when I open tabs and go, "I'll get to these when I have time"... x_x

1. Bruce Wayne
2. Dick Grayson
3. Damian Wayne
4. Slade Wilson

[gratiaa]

1. Jack Rupert
2. Danilo Lesendra
3. Irenya Ivanovna Lesendra (Rupert)
4. Corrie Rose

...I call this grouping "Jack Rupert's post-canon AU poly dream" :)

[melacka]

CM
1. Penelope Garcia
2. Emily Prentiss
3. Derek Morgan
4. Aaron Hotchner

BtVS
1. Buffy Summers
2. Willow Rosenberg
3. Xander Harris
4. Rupert Giles

HP
1. Hermione Granger
2. Ginny Weasley
3. Harry Potter
4. Ron Weasley

[quailfence]

Deltarune

1. Kris
2. Susie
3. Ralsei
4. Noelle

[elen_nare]

Anne of Green Gables:
1. Anne Shirley
2. Marilla Cuthbert
3. Diana Barry
4. Gilbert Blythe

High Rollers Altheya:
1. Xantheus
2. Gruff
3. Daisy
4. Ophelia

Swallows and Amazons:
1. Nancy Blackett
2. Peggy Blackett
3. John Walker
4. Susan Walker

[himejoshiheart]

cassette beasts
1. Kuneko
2. Gwen
3. Cass
4. Felix

sealomimi
1. Mary
2. Duskie
3. Hibiscus
4. Puppy

in stars and time
1. Siffrin
2. Mirabelle
3. Bonnie
4. Odile

princess: the hopeful (unnamed nakama)
1. Mousey | Messenger
2. Faun | Savior
3. Cyn | Seeker
4. Kitty | Starlight

princess: the hopeful (other guys)
1. Lilith | Trinity
2. Melody | Cure Usamoon
3. Sunny | Cure Sunshine
4. Inki | Superstar

the leftouts:
1. isabeau
2. the prophet
3. Jules | Healer
4. Mashiro