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

[sewn]

Oh. Oh... no ;_;

(This is perfect though)

Supergirl: Alex/Kara, send my love to your new lover

[liquidtears]

"Send my love to your new lover, treat her better, we've gotta let go of all of our ghosts, we know we ain't kids no more" Kara sang along with the song on the car radio while driving herself and Alex back to the Danvers house for a relaxing weekend.

"I'm glad you got your eyes on the road and on journalism and crime fighting, sis, I love you honest to God, but your singing could use some work." Alex commented.

"Oh well, at least I mastered the art of those things," Kara replied with a smile as she spared a brief glance from the road to her sister when she suddenly grinned, "wait, should I get a tutor to perfect my singing skills? Think about it, I'll be singing while writing an article AND a crime fighter, how amazing would that be?"

[vialethe]

Yes! She loves you, you dummy!! This is splendid, and just right - I wondered whether you would choose her or him as the one with a curse on their lovers, but that last line actually makes it a bit ambiguous!

[jjhunter]

Persuasion, Frederick Wentworth, two letters he never sent and one he did

[jjhunter]

Lord Peter Wimsey, Mervyn Bunter, the care and feeding of bloody little fools

[jjhunter]

The Odyssey, Athena, better things to do those first nine years

Re: Origfic, "And here's why."

[sewn]

I'm cackling, this is perfect.

That Still Only Counts as One [LotR: TT, Gimli, Legolas & Haldir]

[vialethe]

“Dwarf-tossing?” Gimli shouts, his brow furrowed so low his eyebrows nearly meet with his mustache.

At his side, Legolas winces, elegant fingers pressed to his temples, and says, “At least you did not suffer the indignity of sliding down a staircase on a shield.”

At the back of the room, Haldir paces, and mutters, “But why am I even here?”

Re: That Still Only Counts as One [LotR: TT, Gimli, Legolas & Haldir]

[desertscribe]

LOL! :D

Re: Fill: Thor & Loki, bodyswap

[aelfgyfu_mead]

"Get help"! I love it! Of course Thor can shift back to himself, and of course Loki is more trouble than he ought to be!

[primeideal]

Awww, love the end line!

Re: Supergirl: Alex/Kara, send my love to your new lover

[d_generate_girl]

Cute! I love their relationship, and how Kara just wants to Do All the Things.

[primeideal]

Thanks! :)

What We Are and What We Need

[vialethe]

The way that man moves ought to be a crime is her first thought on seeing him, the way he prowls about with endless energy, the restrained strength of him coiled just beneath the skin, so close to leaping out she feels scorched by his touch each time his eyes so much as glance upon her.

But it is at the banquet when she truly falls in love, when she listens to him argue theology with the bishop at his side before turning to her and asking, “Well, Your Highness, let us hear your opinion on the matter, for I know you possess one,” and her mind catches up to what her body already knows. This is a man who will demand everything, and appreciate it in turn.

Re: Supergirl: Alex/Kara, send my love to your new lover

[liquidtears]

Thanks so much for your lovely comment!

I love theirs too.

Re: That Still Only Counts as One [LotR: TT, Gimli, Legolas & Haldir]

[sewn]

Hee, perfect!

You Have All Your Life

[vialethe]

With her eyes closed, the distant campfires on the beach are blotted out in the blackness; the scents of smoke and blood and burning might be mistaken for the night following a great sacrifice, the constant unease draped over the city like a smothering blanket be merely the foreboding of a storm blowing in from the sea.

“Close your eyes,” she murmurs to Hektor, and shifts her body to straddle his, hands meeting the familiar planes of his chest.

“It is just you and I, my love,” she says, and feels his mouth curve against hers, for as long as the darkness lasts.

Re: That Still Only Counts as One [LotR: TT, Gimli, Legolas & Haldir]

[nocowardsoul]

Ha, I love it!

[nurseshark]

So cute! Thank you! ❤

[rosage]

This is perfect, exactly the dynamic I was hoping for! Thanks so much for the longer fill also!

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Star Wars Original Trilogy and Solo: a Star Wars Story; Leia Organa; she didn’t copy Han’s thermal detonator ploy — she one-upped him.

Returned (Naruto)

[kalira]

Sakumo watched his son disappear in a beam of light and was . . . glad; not only could he move on, but it was not yet Kakashi's time to join him in the Pure Lands.

Sakumo rose to move on himself, finally free, only to be caught in an icy clasp; he opened his mouth to question, and found himself flung through dimensions to land harshly on his knees, breathless.

"Tousan?" Sakumo's head shot up at the soft voice - wavering far more than Kakashi would ever have admitted, Sakumo knew, and this was- this was his son, tiny and young and wide-eyed and- Sakumo's eyes darted down to the tanto he held, pressed to his stomach, and threw it aside as though it burned, moving instead to pull his son into his arms, tears spilling down his cheeks to land in Kakashi's hair as his son trembled against him, clinging hard enough to hurt.

Who Am I to Judge You

[vialethe]

“Will you chain me to the bed, sir?” she sneers at him on the first night of their marriage, when her heart is still filled with rage and fear, with the spinning sense of her world gone out of her control.

But he merely gives her a long, level look, and says, “No - we have played a game with honor, you and I, and I trust that your honor will continue to hold firm.”

Honor is a cold blanket to cling to, she thinks, lying there dry-eyed in the darkness, when one is used to enchantments and the companionship of one’s choice; but for now, let it suffice.

Re: Missing Queen (Chronicles of Narnia)

[kalira]

Excellent! ^.^ I've not written much of anything for Narnia in the past and certainly never finished/posted any, I'm glad it works.

Re: Missing Queen (Chronicles of Narnia)

[kalira]

🖤