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

[alexseanchai]

*dies* XD

TOS/AOS fusion

[yeomanrand]

Grumbling, he braced himself against the crimson stone of this barely earth-like planet, classifications be damned. Because Jim asked it of him, he reached down from his precarious perch, hand extended to the exceptionally gravid first lady of Kul'tuaur, but he wasn't above sassing the captain.

"Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not an escalator."

[edenfalling]

:DDD

[yeomanrand]

The stardates are the only accurate part, they think; the only sensible part by far now that they've broken that part of the code. The rest, though: sentient stone, a stolen brain, super men, aging heroes, the veil, a god, many gods, an apotheosis, the days when nothing happened, days into hours, hours into days, a planet reborn and a friend besides...

...Nonsense, all of it; a code uncrackable by modern minds.

[yeomanrand]

She dances as a small child, with joy but never abandon; she has chosen to be dora milaje one day and even now she believes her behavior must suit.

She dances as a young woman in celebration, W'Kabi circling around her as though she were his prey when they both know the truth is different from appearances.

The battle is the dance, the spear a deadly extension of herself and the steps drawing life from her opponents to drain deep into the ground.

[yeomanrand]

"This is how you address a king?" T'Challa asks, eyes sparkling with mirth in a stern face.

Natasha shrugs, and gives a little smile, a true piece of herself, before she throws the blankets covering their naked bodies over his head.

"I hate etiquette."

[yeomanrand]

MCU, Steve/Bucky, One last time

[yeomanrand]

MCU, Steve/Bucky, The dangers of Hufflepuff (Bucky)/Slytherin (Steve) friendships.

[yeomanrand]

Supernatural, Dean/Cas, 'Til there was you

[tomakeanoffer]

There might be a cheery variant of this too, my brain just spewed this out first.

~

Things loop in on themselves, the last time circling over and over and over again. They think they know how things go after a certain point, they think they understand and they hope they understand and they want to understand.

But the world is falling apart around them and Steve doesn't know where this ends, he doesn't know if there is an ending, or if this is the last time repeating yet again.

- round and round and round they go, where they end up, nobody knows.

[yeomanrand]

Oh, lovely. Thank you!

[sholio]

Haha, that's adorable! :D

Re: savior

[sholio]

Oh wow, NICE. I love it!! :D

[yeomanrand]

Glad you like!

[sholio]

Beautiful! I love the shift from dancing for pleasure to dancing in battle, and how similar they are for her.

[yeomanrand]

Thanks!

[anoyo]

The Expanse (TV and/or book-canon), Amos, why you shouldn't get comfortable

[sholio]

Stranger Things, any, Hogwarts AU

[isozyme]

The problem, you think, is that most universes are very big and they are all basically the same except for in a few tiny places. You are only seeing the most booooooooring parts: stars, stars, stars, more stars.

You pop out a breath through tight lips (you don’t breathe anymore) and roll again.

[anoyo]

Killjoys, Johnny, why does this shit keep happening?

[sholio]

MCU, Natasha, rescuing yourself

[sholio]

Netflix Defenders, any, snow

[kayim]

One last time: It becomes a mantra for them before each new mission, as they climb into a too-small sleeping bag, or squeeze together on a rickety folding camp bed.

One last time: They whisper the words to each other in the quietest moments of the darkest nights, when they fear they may not make it through the following day.

One last time: It's a promise, when the worst is over, and they can hold each other tight again, that this won't last forever.

[yeomanrand]

Oh, beautiful!

[vaysh]

Intriguing!