River Song Appreciation Week
📅 May 25-31, 2025 (and every year thereafter!)
River Song Appreciation Week is back—an annual celebration of our favorite time-travelling archaeologist, space-queen, and Luna U's infamous darling professor. After several past editions (most recently in 2023), this fan-favorite returns on May 25-31 and will now be an annual celebration hosted by @expectiations. We’re bringing RSAW back to life with even more ways to celebrate!
How to Join In
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Create & Post anything inspired by River based on a prompt—gifs, graphics, caps, fanfic, vids, metas, fanmixes… you name it!
Caption your content with the following: @riversongweek | river song appreciation week: day # - prompt title (e.g. day 1 - favorite scene/episode)
Use one (or all!) hashtags within your first five tags:
- #riversongweek
- #riversongappreciationweek
- #RSAW25
Reblogs & Shares:
Reblog, retweet, or repost your favorites—comments and ❤s count just as much if you can’t create something new.
Unblock & Engage:
Make sure you haven’t blocked our host's tumblr, so we can see and reblog your creations!
Week-Long Schedule
- Day 1 | May 25: Favorite Scene(s)/Episode(s)
- Day 2 | May 26: Favorite Quote
- Day 3 | May 27: Favorite Regeneration
- Day 4 | May 28: Favorite Trait
- Day 5 | May 29: Favorite Theme
- Day 6 | May 30: Favorite Dynamic
- Day 7 | May 31: Free Day
Community Vote
We’ll be running various River-centric polls across platforms (Twitter polls, IG Stories, Discord channel polls, etc.)—keep an eye out for opportunities to vote!
Creative “Igniters”
Feeling stuck? Pick one quote that captures River’s essence and riff on it however you like:
- “For time may be a river, but the mind is a tide. They say the river can’t be turned, yet the tide can shift and slide.” ― Nishant Prakash, Falling In & Out
- “Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.” ― The Wonder Years
- “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller
- “Forever is composed of nows.” ― Emily Dickinson
- “The thing with heat is, no matter how cold you are, no matter how much you need warmth, it always, eventually, becomes too much.” ― Victoria Aveyard, Glass Sword
- “It’s very painful to start loving someone when holding on to the idea of hating them keeps you safe.” ― Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
- “Time isn’t the only thing that can surprise you.”
Use these as optional prompts—no pressure, just sparks for your imagination.
Optional Fan Challenge
Quote-Inspired Fan-mix: Pick a quote and build a playlist around it.
No separate tags needed—just include our standard hashtags!
📜 Quick Rules & Reminders
Keep River front and center. Other characters are welcome, but she’s the star.
Be kind and respectful. No discrimination, shaming, or ship-bashing.
No AI-generated content.
Tag mature content (NSFW, triggers) clearly.
💬 Where to Hang Out
Discord: Join Our Us Here and find polls in the #river-song-appreciation-week channel!
Tumblr Ask Box: Questions? Inspiration? Drop us a line anytime.
Let’s light up the days leading up to May 31 with gifs, fanfic, art, and musings worthy of River Song herself. Time to show our space-queen how much she means to us once more—geronimo! 🚂✨