2026 Test Poll (New prompt nomination format)

[brightknightie]

I'd like to test our prompting experiment before we open the real thing this coming Sunday, May 3.

This year's new approach: Every FKFicFest community member may submit one (1) prompt, anonymously, for writers to use, combine, or ignore as they please. No claiming (multiple people may use the same prompt). And no reveals (the prompts stay anonymous, including to me). If I've selected the right options, the poll below will collect and display one (1) anonymous free-text answer per community member.

I asked annavere what question I should use for the test. She suggested, "Which FK Character is the Sharpest Dresser?" This is an excellent question! Yet I feel that we need a different answer from each participant, not a landslide for Janette. ;-) So instead we're running with:

Poll #34535 2026FKFicFestTestPoll

This poll is closed.
This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

Name/describe any one "sharp" costume (outfit or piece of clothing) worn in FK.

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[(Anonymous)]

Natalie’s dress in Be My Valentine when she meets LaCroix for dinner.

Please reply in the poll itself, not as a comment on the post

[brightknightie]

This is a reply on the post. It is not an answer to the poll.

Excellent! It's good to know that people could be confused in this way. I'll write the instructions to emphasize that answers must be in the poll itself on the original post, not as replies to the post. Thanks!

P.S. Also, the poll it set to allow only community members to reply. If you can't reply to the poll. please join the community first. Thanks!

[pj1228]

Oops, I missed this. I know it was only for testing purposes, but I liked the question. So, in case any one is curious, I'd go for Nick's black kimono in False Witness (I think).

[brightknightie]

Good costume choice, interesting vocabulary!

I just now looked up "kimono" to learn whether that word can apply to a man's garment as well as a woman's, and it can! I had always thought "kimono" was specific to Japanese women's garments. Something new for me to learn; thank you.

(I've called that kind of garment a "robe," or "silk robe," as compared to a "bathrobe" or "terrycloth robe.")

[pj1228]

That's interesting. The German word would be "Kimono", regardless of gender. So, it didn't occur to me that this might be different in English. Thanks for checking though. I would think of a robe when the garment is longer like Nick's red robe or the brocade robe Lacroix wears in the flashback of "Father Figure".