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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2018-12-09 03:03 pm
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Three Sentence Ficathon

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
[personal profile] 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.
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Re: FILL: Medea/Jason (2014 National Theatre Production)

[personal profile] ernest 2018-12-17 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, i love this! the repetition is used gorgeously, and the faded blue shirt is such a perfect image
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Re: Voltron: Legendary Defender - Post-Series

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-17 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Season 8 was rough. <3 Thank you for the prompt!
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Re: MCU, Sam & Bucky or SamBucky, Sparring

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-17 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!! (I love the amount of shit Sam and Bucky give each other; it gives me life.)
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Re: Leverage, Eliot & Hardison, The Hogwarts Job

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-17 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Look, I just love the idea of them running a job at Hogwarts, okay; it would be hilarious.
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Re: Leverage, Eliot & Hardison, The Hogwarts Job

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-17 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much!

Also, let's be real, Eliot Spencer would be the best DADA teacher Hogwarts has had since Lupin.
sandrine: (Jurassic World)

[personal profile] sandrine 2018-12-17 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Owen & Blue & Claire, family
nocowardsoul: young lady in white and gentleman speaking in a hall (Default)

[personal profile] nocowardsoul 2018-12-17 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Penelope used linen instead of language

Oh, I adore that.
archersangel: (reading)

[personal profile] archersangel 2018-12-17 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
They had used every cutting tool available on the ship, but nothing had been able to cut the meter-long chain that bound Q's left ankle to Picard's right.

"I told you that nothing can break the chain until the Continuum decides that my punishment is ended." Q said with a sigh as Geordi & Data planed their next move quietly nearby.

"Are you sure that you are the one being punished?" Picard asked, slumping down in the nearest chair.
d_generate_girl: PB - Helen and Cillian looking very noir!Shelbys (pull the rug from underneath yourself)

Re: FILL: Medea/Jason (2014 National Theatre Production)

[personal profile] d_generate_girl 2018-12-17 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Medea is one of the best heroines, and this production really frames Jason as a manipulative cad.
d_generate_girl: PB - Helen and Cillian looking very noir!Shelbys (pull the rug from underneath yourself)

Re: FILL: Medea/Jason (2014 National Theatre Production)

[personal profile] d_generate_girl 2018-12-17 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I really love the commentary they did on the costuming on this production; Helen McCrory (Medea) mentions she wanted to show Medea's fractured, disenfranchised state of mind, and she came up with the idea of Medea wearing Jason's clothing.
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[personal profile] archersangel 2018-12-17 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
it make sense that the munsters & the addams family are in the same universe and they have interacted at some point.
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Re: Leverage, Eliot & Hardison, The Hogwarts Job

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-17 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. YES IT WOULD. And delightful.

(Anonymous) 2018-12-17 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Avatar: the Last Airbender]

Rainbows are - were - are? - special to the Air Nomads; very few things are a direct result of so many elements, air for the habitat and water for the rain and fire for the sunlight. You have to go through the storm to see them, and usually they mean the storm is ending, but sometimes it doesn't - sometimes they stay there for hours as the sun and rain stay in just the right positions to make the colors.

People can be like that, too, showing up as a bright spot of positivity after a hard time, sometimes a signal that things are getting better and sometimes just a person who makes the hard times a little easier to bear; Katara is his rainbow, and Aang is unspeakably grateful that she's the second kind.

(I don't even ship Kataang wtf)

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Re: Hope

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-17 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I. . . I set out to write something positive/uplifting and hopeful and then this came out and I am actually happy with it but wow it . . . went a different direction.
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Re: Hope

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-17 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, poor babies! :( Of course it's Lucy who tries her best to make everything okay again, even when it can't be.
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Teen Wolf, Cora/Lydia, Freezing

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-17 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Your hands are freezing," Cora snaps.

Lydia huffs and pulls her hands away. "It's not like there's much I can do about that."

Cora grabs Lydia's hands and rubs them between her own. "Well, I can."

Lydia can honestly say she by far prefers this way of warming her hands up.