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

[desertscribe]

I love that Bottom is fine with this potential turn of events as long as it doesn't mean that he has to stop talking.

Re: Fire Emblem 9/10

[runespoor]

<3

[ultra_fic]

Thank you :)

[ernest]

I thought about going more ominous, but Bottom clearly has his priorities straight ;)

[reccyls]

"Are you- are you going to stay behind the curtain while Hamlet is there? Uhhh, roll for stealth, I guess."

"...Fuck."

[tardis_stowaway]

Excellent! I really like that they seem to be monster-hunting in the wider world and it's under control enough that they quip about it.

[meridian_rose]

Glad you liked it :) It wasn't directly inspired by a particular episode, but then I do feel we've seen this kind of thing in canon, so I probably drew of memories of that episode :)

[(Anonymous)]

Ha! Little do they know. Ah, this is great, it's so nice and warm!

Fire Emblem, FE9

[runespoor]

"I am sorry," Sanaki tells Tibarn later, in the most regally sincere tone, "that it took me so long to extend apologies to the people of Serenes ; it… shames me to admit that as a child I was quite ignorant."

Tibarn raises an eyebrow; he finds himself liking her, for all that she’s the empress of Begnion and too formal to boot, and if he didn’t he wouldn’t bother replying, more mildly than the tension between their countries warrants, "oh ? aren’t you still a child ?"

"I am a ruler," the Apostle replies.

Re: SSSS, Tuuri & Ensi

[elleth]

Thank you for the kind words!

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

[reccyls]

"Where was I?" Ares bellows indignantly.

"You would want to be depicted as a manipulated fool?" asks Athena, arching an eyebrow, clearly showing what she thinks of his intelligence.

"I want to be depicted beating that Jackson kid into a pulp-"

"Which, might I remind you, never happened-"

"It'd be more right than what happened there!"

And, well, she has to give him that, as much as it pains her to admit.

Fill: Given the Givens

[redrikki]

Rayla had been trying not to think about it, but not knowing if her team was alive was a special, torturous mix of worry, hope, fear, shame, and at three different types of guilt. Her inability to kill the guard had cost them the element of surprise and her refusal to kill Ezran was going to cost them their arms as well. She hoped with all her heart that someone had made it out, but she knew they would never forgive her.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Bwhahahaha, I love this!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Nice! :)

Re: Peter/Eowyn - the parting cup and still more!

[rthstewart]

because I can't stop.

2. Peter knows something is amiss the moment they descend the treacherous mountain pass and step into Rohan; Narnians are sensitive to magic and they all feel something ill and dark at work, even the dumb mares they bring each year to be covered by the stallions of the Horse Lords are snorting and fretting.

Only their wary, ill ease prevents a devastating loss when the Narnians unexpectedly come upon an uncommonly bold orc band in the Westfold; Peter is shocked that King Theoden appears no longer concerned with defending his own borders and more shocking still, no Rohirrim ride out to their aid – Theodred and Eomer and their Éored are nowhere to be seen on the empty plains.

Lonely and watchful, the Narnians finally gain a sullen welcome at Edoras; the foulness they have felt hangs especially thick around Theoden who, in the last year, has aged a hundred from an illness he does not think Lucy’s cordial would mend and Peter sincerely hopes that he was never perceived as haunting Eowyn’s steps as Gríma does now.

3. The visit is hurried and grim, and his conversations with Eowyn, Eomer, and Theodred all conducted in whispers, for war is coming, Edoras is thoroughly corrupted from within, Gríma’s spies are everywhere and Peter is anxious to return home to guard the passes that he can no longer assume Rohan will, or can, protect. It tears his heart to see Eowyn so burdened and alone – and he loves Eomer and Theodred as near brothers but they do not see her pain or assume it to be a woman’s thankless work.

Peter has learned enough self-control to not offer Eowyn shelter in Narnia when she would abandon her duties no more than he himself would; instead, he confides in a whisper over their linked hands and the parting cup, “The Talking Horses have spoken with Shadowfax and he will instruct your herds; should your people need shelter in Narnia, tell them to follow the horses.”

Re: savior

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Thank you!

I loved her in S1! I wish the show did better by her in the 2nd season.

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Oh yeah! I don't doubt he was gonna tell - he loved her. I guess he chewed it over a lot, the right time to say "son, your mom is a superhero alien space babe."

Re: The Ivan Vorpatril Maneuver

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Oooh I LOVE the thought that everyone would underestimate Corin just because they think his the Big Gun, the Muscle! And that he would probably use that to his advantage and be an unlikely spy in the process.

So great, thank you!

[yeomanrand]

Thank you -- I'm so glad you enjoyed!

[yeomanrand]

Thank you -- I think there's a lot of joy in her and I think also she's very serious about what she does.

[yeomanrand]

Thanks!

[yuuago]

Little do they know indeed. /)_(\ Ohhh dear.
Thank you, nonny!

[ernest]

omg, that's so perfect!

Re: Passed On (Tiger & Bunny)

[mad_madam_m]

BRB sobbing forever. <3 <3 <3 This is just perfect for them.

[yeomanrand]

This is lovely!