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rthstewart) wrote2015-02-04 11:09 am
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Three Sentence Ficathon
The 2015 Three Sentence Ficathon is now CLOSED, with over 4,100 prompts, fills, and comments. It's been a great exchange and thank you so much for the whacky crackfic, the moving short fic, and the amazing cross-overs. You all are great. I won't freeze this -- go ahead and continue to fill any prompts that interest you and comment on fills made. I just ask that there not be any more NEW prompts.
We'll be back next year. Check out the friending meme and friend away and if you post your works on AO3, be sure to use the 3 sentence ficathon tags.
Thank you again, so much!
It's been 2 years, so why not?!!
Caramelsilver ran one in December on Live Journal but I was too busy to play. There are lots of outstanding prompts over there, so do go and check it out!! Here's the link! I did one in early spring 2 years ago here on Dreamwidth, and with Yuletide, Fandomstocking, and Festivids over, I thought I'd run a new one!! Thanks so much to
snacky and Saoirse7 for the nudge and to
st_aurafina for making the swell banner and icon!
What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is a challenge where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and answer as many prompts as you like, as many times as you want.
What do I do first?
You post prompts! When posting a prompt please format it this way:
Only one prompt per comment please.
What else?
You answer other posters' prompts in three sentences (or more if you can't stop yourself) and fill as many prompts as you want, as many times as you wish. If you see that a prompt you loved has already been filled, go ahead and fill it again! Multiple fills of the same prompt allowed and even encouraged!
But I'm not a member of Dreamwidth
No problem. You can comment anonymously or through open ID
Can anyone play?
Yes! Please signal boost this to your flist, followers, and any other places you frequent. Come one, come all!
I'm cross-posting to LJ but we will keep all prompts and fills here, so they are in one awesome place (and with less spam). Please, post this anywhere and everywhere. The more people who come and play, the better!
[And I'll try to put an embed code in so you can spread the word. I've tried multiple times and failed so far
snacky !
How long will it go?
I'm closing it on Sunday, March 8, 2015. (Last time, we reached 5,000 comments and I had to start a new one before the ficathon concluded. If that happens, I'll start a new post).
Are there any rules about cross-posting?
Nope, you can post wherever you want, whenever you want. A lot of folks collected their responses together and posted them on AO3 under the 3 sentence fiction tag. 3SFs are a terrific prompt for remixes.
Gosh, there are some cool people over here. How do I introduce myself?
Through the friending meme right here.
And here, have some icons!



Edited, updated 4 Feb 2015 11 PM ET
Edited, updated 21 Feb 2015 10:30 ET to add link to friending meme
Edited, updated 9 March 2015 9:06 EDT to close the 3SF for 2015
We'll be back next year. Check out the friending meme and friend away and if you post your works on AO3, be sure to use the 3 sentence ficathon tags.
Thank you again, so much!
It's been 2 years, so why not?!!
Caramelsilver ran one in December on Live Journal but I was too busy to play. There are lots of outstanding prompts over there, so do go and check it out!! Here's the link! I did one in early spring 2 years ago here on Dreamwidth, and with Yuletide, Fandomstocking, and Festivids over, I thought I'd run a new one!! Thanks so much to
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is a challenge where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and answer as many prompts as you like, as many times as you want.
What do I do first?
You post prompts! When posting a prompt please format it this way:
fandom, character(s), prompt word/sentence.
Only one prompt per comment please.
What else?
You answer other posters' prompts in three sentences (or more if you can't stop yourself) and fill as many prompts as you want, as many times as you wish. If you see that a prompt you loved has already been filled, go ahead and fill it again! Multiple fills of the same prompt allowed and even encouraged!
But I'm not a member of Dreamwidth
No problem. You can comment anonymously or through open ID
Can anyone play?
Yes! Please signal boost this to your flist, followers, and any other places you frequent. Come one, come all!
I'm cross-posting to LJ but we will keep all prompts and fills here, so they are in one awesome place (and with less spam). Please, post this anywhere and everywhere. The more people who come and play, the better!
[And I'll try to put an embed code in so you can spread the word. I've tried multiple times and failed so far
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
How long will it go?
I'm closing it on Sunday, March 8, 2015. (Last time, we reached 5,000 comments and I had to start a new one before the ficathon concluded. If that happens, I'll start a new post).
Are there any rules about cross-posting?
Nope, you can post wherever you want, whenever you want. A lot of folks collected their responses together and posted them on AO3 under the 3 sentence fiction tag. 3SFs are a terrific prompt for remixes.
Gosh, there are some cool people over here. How do I introduce myself?
Through the friending meme right here.
And here, have some icons!

Edited, updated 4 Feb 2015 11 PM ET
Edited, updated 21 Feb 2015 10:30 ET to add link to friending meme
Edited, updated 9 March 2015 9:06 EDT to close the 3SF for 2015
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Title: Good Enough
Darcy stood staring into the crackling fire, his arm leaning on the mantlepiece.
"You said it yourself that you didn't know of any man who was good enough to marry your sister," said Elizabeth. "And Colonel Fitzwilliam is a good man."
Darcy gave her a sly look and said, "Yes, I remember you liking him very much once." Elizabeth turned away but not before Darcy caught a smile on her face. Darcy turned back to the flames and sighed; he wouldn't mind it either, if only Georgiana hadn't been so good at keeping secrets from him till she didn't.
Thank you!
Ahem. Sorry for that long tangent. :) In any case, this is absolutely lovely and exactly what I wanted. I love how protective Darcy is, and of course Elizabeth is his voice of practicality and comfort. Plus, I love that apparently Georgiana hid her feelings for Colonel Fitzwilliam until she either a) felt comfortable telling her brother or b) got found out and had to tell him! Georgiana is so good at keeping her own counsel. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Re: Thank you!
And really, thanks for the explanation. I've shied away from posting any P&P fics before because this is one of the things I wasn't clear about but now I know. :)
Thank you for the fun prompt!
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Sulking Darcy is so adorable. :) And I think the way you've pictured it is precisely how Georgiana would handle it; I can imagine she would want to tell Darcy herself, after everything that happened with Wickham.
Re: Thank you!
PS: Georgiana/Col Fitzwilliam is actually a legit, rather popular ship in PP fanfic. I do have a soft spot for it, even it sometimes it seems a little weird because Fitzwilliam I think is even older than Darcy (I think Darcy's like 28, Fitzwilliam 30 - this might just be me projecting fanon - and Georgiana 16 in the book). In this case, the age difference really does matter because he'd have remembered her being born and known her all his life. /tangent.
PPS: (second tangent) sign I'm still obsessed with the Lizzie Bennet Diaries: can't get used to Lizzy again, I typed Gigi and Fitz Williams twice before having to go back and change it.
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Re: your PS: I know that Fitzwilliam/Georgiana is a pretty popular 'ship in P&P fandom, and I've always been rather fond of the idea that they would marry each other, even though Austen never tells us. Age difference has never bothered me, and as I understand it, it was actually pretty common at the time to have a 16 or 17-year-old girl marry an older man - if nothing else, it meant that the bride was at ideal childbearing age, and had time to conceive if it didn't happen right away. (Plus, men usually waited until they could support a wife, which could take a while and meant that they were a little older.)
Re: PPS: I still have not seen The Lizzie Bennet Diaries; I desperately need to rectify that!
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And IRL, Charles Darwin married his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood (and indeed if you look at the Darwin/Wedgwood family trees, you will see lots of first cousin marriages).
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I didn't remember that about Darwin, but that's interesting. And I would be curious to know if first cousin marriage was more common in general in the 19th century, or simply more common among the upper classes. It would be fun to do some researching and find out what other historical figures married their cousins. :)
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The only example I can think of right off is Eleanor Roosevelt and FDR, who were second cousins. I'm sure there are lots of other examples!
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I know of a few artists and writers from that time who married their cousins, but in the biographies it was also stated that the rest of the family disapproved of some of those unions so I wasn't sure. And in cases where the family approved, those cases are never mentioned probably because it's less sensational if everyone approved.
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