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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.

[personal profile] neverseenher 2018-12-18 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
"You know the steps?"

"I'm not completely uncultured," Eve says. "You're not going to slit my throat?"

"We should at least finish the song," Villanelle murmurs, hand gentle on her waist. "It's only polite."

[personal profile] neverseenher 2018-12-18 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Critical Role, Beauregard, take my arm, break it in half
litlover12: (Writing)

[personal profile] litlover12 2018-12-18 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
I adored you. . . . I still do.

Of course she believes the words as they leave her lips; of course she agrees with Henry not a moment later -- and with sincerity! -- that they're lies. Such is the world they have built for themselves and each other, where words are true and false at once, where nothing is real and everything is, where love is a game and a battle tactic and a farce and the only thing that matters, the one thing they will never again confess to each other.
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Re: Tiger & Bunny, Kotetsu/Barnaby, Mistake

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, perfect. <3 (Now, now, Kotetsu, I know you can be a disaster but surely Bunny isn't reeeally a mistake in the end? ;) )
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Philosophy of Mistakes (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Must every mistake a man makes be so fucking wrong?" Spike lamented, slouching forwards suddenly, his hand dropping off the table - although fortunately not dropping his still-lit cigarette on Xander's kitchen floor.

"That is sort of what mistakes mean, yeah." Xander said, making a face as he pulled an empty bottle from under Spike's face; his head thumped into the table hard enough to make Xander wince, but he didn't react. "You know . . . general 'I fucked up-ness'?"
litlover12: (Alot)

[personal profile] litlover12 2018-12-18 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
That was great! I still miss that show. :-)
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Love Well-Matched

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Shang laughed as he rolled out of bed, hurrying after his wife; to think once he had looked ahead to his marriage and only ever pictured a cool, distant but caringly respectful arrangement, like his father's. He moved a bit faster, catching Mulan around the waist just as they reached the courtyard and lifting her off her- he landed on his back in the grass, his wife kneeling astride his waist and grinning smugly at him.

"I love you." he said warmly, reaching up to cup her face as she pinked.
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Re: Tiger & Bunny, Kotetsu/Barnaby, Mistake

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-18 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
No, Bunny isn't a mistake. But...yeah, it takes him awhile to get around to that notion. <3 (Thank you, dear!)
harpyginevra: (grinny)

[personal profile] harpyginevra 2018-12-18 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
They're so cute! Thank you!
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Re: in which odysseus has not a little in common with gen from the queen's thief series

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
bahaha, excellent. Oh Odysseus. No. XP
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[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-18 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Dragalia Lost, Elisanne/Julietta, romance novels

[personal profile] buttonloops 2018-12-18 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
omg ginny/luna, how did not realize that was what i desperately needed. now i have a new favorite HP ship.

they're adorable. and i love that you ended with ginny in luna's lap.
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[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-18 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Dragalia Lost, Jeanne d'Arc/Brunhilda, centuries
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Re: Greek gods are not known for their subtlety

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Oh dear, oh dear. Good job, clever mortal, to flatter him out of it!
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[personal profile] litlover12 2018-12-18 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Well done!
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[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-18 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Dragalia Lost, Cleo/Nefaria, isolation
Edited 2018-12-18 00:54 (UTC)
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Re: Leave This World With Me

[personal profile] litlover12 2018-12-18 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent!

(Anonymous) 2018-12-18 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Any, any, guards
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Tiger & Bunny, Kotetsu/Barnaby, Memories

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-18 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
Barnaby doesn't know how much he's forgotten at this point, how many memories were altered or taken away from him entirely. He doesn't know how much he can trust himself, how much he can trust his own recollection of anything from the past twenty years.

The only thing he knows, the only thing he feels absolutely certain about down to the very marrow of his bones, is that even if he can't trust himself, he can trust Kotetsu with anything. With everything.

And Barnaby has absolutely no idea how to handle that.
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Leverage, Eliot & Hardison, Oops

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-18 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Oops?" Eliot repeats. "What do you mean, 'oops'?"

"Nothing! Tiny oops, little hiccup," Hardison says. "Nothing to worry about. I'm gonna have it fixed in just a second."

Something bangs in the hallway behind him, and Eliot swears.

"Just to be safe, you might want to start running for the exit at the north end of the hall," Hardison says.

Eliot takes off at a sprint. "Dammit, Hardison!"
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Comfort in a Storm (MCU; Thor & Loki)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Thor sat up, startled by the sudden streak of light from his door as it opened, though there was no sound. The slight figure of his brother appeared silently, slipping up onto his bed and under his blanket, coming to nestle against his shoulder.

Thor wrapped an arm around his little brother, hugging him close, and Loki allowed it, shivering and frowning. "Why must they argue like this?" he asked in a tiny voice, and Thor cringed, for he too had been able to hear the sharp tones of their mother and the harsher bellow of their father for some time now.

His eyes caught on the hammer on his nightstand, a newly-given gift - Mother and Father had argued about that, as well; he was too young, mother said - and Thor reached for it, just a light touch, stirring up a storm. Thunder rolled, the soft rumbles soon drowning out the voices of their parents as Thor lay back once more and Loki followed with a soft hum, cuddling close.

Re: in which odysseus has not a little in common with gen from the queen's thief series

[personal profile] buttonloops 2018-12-18 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
even gods deserve time off! that's fantastic.
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[personal profile] tellshannon815 2018-12-18 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Any, any, one may smile, and smile, and be a villain

[personal profile] buttonloops 2018-12-18 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
aagggh, this is what i've missed most about LJ/DW fandom and the 3SF, is the random snippets of greek myth fic <3
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[personal profile] coinmanatee 2018-12-18 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
"And this," Geordi said, gesturing at the warp core, "Is the true heart of the ship."

The Alien gazed up at the warp core, uncomprehending, and Geordi sighed; so much for advanced civilization if they didn't recognise a warp core when they saw one.

The Psiioniic looked into a chamber that on Alternia would hold a person and in the federation was just a chamber of glowing blue energy. He pushed a wave of his own force into the core, lighting it up crimson and royal blue. The head engineer yelled, as the readings went haywire.

The Psiioniic grinned, feeling the Enterprise all around him, hello

"II'm goiing to liike iit here."