Three Sentence Ficathon

[rthstewart]

UPDATE! EDIT!
 We're running into the Dreamwidth comment limits so all new prompts should be posted here Keep responding to and filling already posted prompts here, but all new ones should go to the new thread!

Someone did this banner for me a couple of years ago.  It's great, isn't it?  If it was you, please step up and take a bow!
It was st_aurafina!   Thank you again!


caramelsilver ran one last year on Livejournal and I did two over here a few years ago. We'll keep it open until January 31, 2019 which should give everyone time to play a little. This is a delightful part of the online fandom community.


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.  So, for example,

Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, I don't like sand."

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 are allowed and even encouraged!  (We get really fun stories going this way).

Can I still post if I need more than 3 sentences?  Or should I just abuse grammar in ways the English language never contemplated?
Yes.  Yes.


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!
The more people who come and play, the better!

Can I spread the word? 
Yes, please.  I'd love to create a nifty banner with an embed code but I fail at it.  So if you create one, I'll post it and everyone can use it.

How long will it go?
Tentatively, we'll close it on January 31, 2019. 

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 and could be helpful for Yuletide bears, too.

What about spoilers, content warnings, triggers, pairings, ratings, tags, and squick?
I thought about this.  It wasn't an issue the last 2 times I ran this but times change.  In my experience, this typically gets too big, moves too fast, and the stories are too short for content warnings and ratings. You should assume spoilers are fair game and that the initial poster and responder have opted to use no content warnings or tags. I've found personally that I can skim by stuff that, from the prompt, I can tell isn't my favorite flavor of delicious cake. Use your best judgment and be prepared to skip over things that aren't your thing.


And here, have some icons!










I'll start things off...

Edit to add on 12/18/2018 Please check out this update here. And this friending meme if you're so inclined here.

Comments

[betony]

The Mummy/Amelia Peabody, The Carnahan-O'Connells meet the Emersons. It goes about as well as you'd expect.

[betony]

Persuasion, Frederick/Anne, in the dark I called your name

[betony]

Trojan War Cycle, any member/ship of the Royal Family of Troy, we were caught up and lost in all of our vices

[betony]

Trojan War Cycle, Hektor/Andromache, But if you close your eyes/ does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?

[betony]

Beauty and the Beast, Beauty(/Beast), roses fall but the thorn remains

[betony]

The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Eldest Princess, if I had a heart I would love you

[betony]

Disney's Mulan, Shang(/Mulan), he never thought to take a wife (like her)

[betony]

Arabian Nights, Scheherazade, tailspin/tale-spinner

[desertscribe]

When he was eight or nine, someone at a dig site had given him a copy of a passage of hieroglyphics and told him to use it for some entertaining vocabulary practice he would not get from reading tomb inscriptions or the enormous palace walls where the ancient pharaohs boasted of their prowess in combat but not to mention it to his father, and once Indy completed the translation he could understand the reason for the warning.

It was an amusing story, but Indy mostly forgot about it until they were back home where they could eat uncooked greens without having to worry about catching dysentery, at which point he found himself looking uncomfortably between his plate and one specific artifact among the portion of the collection which his father had very unfortunately chosen to display on shelves lining the walls of the dining room.

When his father demanded to know why he was not eating, Indy, remembering that a boy his age probably should not have read such a story, prevaricated for as long as he could, but under continued pressure he blurted out, "That statue of Horus has been staring at my salad, and I don't trust him!"

[betony]

Sorcery and Cecelia, Kate & Cecy & Georgy, Squire Bryant's goat.

[betony]

The Perilous Gard, Kate Sutton/Christopher Heron, the ditching and the drainage

[betony]

Darkwing Duck, any AU version of Drake and Gosalyn, an universal constant

[sewn]

Perfect.

[betony]

Chronicles of Narnia, Cor/Aravis, married come hell or high water

Darkness (BTVS) (violence/minor OC death)

[kalira]

"Please- Please-" the man's voice cracked as he pleaded and squirmed, struggling weakly against Spike's light hold; he snorted and snapped the man's neck before draining the rest of his life.

It was decades too late for the mortal's not ineloquent pleas to move Spike's heart - his Dark Princess had beckoned, and his heart spilled willingly into her waiting hands. Drusilla wished for a wild predator to hunt at her side, to adore and spoil her, to awe her with his bloody strength, and so Spike had eagerly become for his love of her.

[betony]

Chronicles of Narnia, Aravis & Zardeenah, neither forgotten nor forsaken

[sewn]

Fantastic distillation of everything that makes up Hellblazer.

[sewn]

Oh, this is fabulous. I love "the knight with the dwarf-forged arm."

[sewn]

Oooh @ the last line. Lovely!

Re: Missing Queen (Chronicles of Narnia)

[alexseanchai]

:D :D :D

Re: Fill: Harry Potter - Dolores Umbridge

[sewn]

Ha, this is perfect.

[sewn]

YES.

[jjhunter]

Star Wars, Ahsoka Tano, hobbies over the years

[vialethe]

Oh, poor Helen! From one miserable situation into another. And why you gotta be such a dick, Paris?? I like Cassandra's strength here, and her almost otherworldly presence as a priestess.

[sewn]

Oh gosh this is gorgeous.