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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.

Re: This may not be what you had in mind, but...

[personal profile] buttonloops 2018-12-18 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
Lor-Alai!!!!!

[personal profile] buttonloops 2018-12-18 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
wow, this is so tender and sweet! I love how he's fully feeling the love dart, capable of analyzing it and resisting it, and then carefully chooses to give in.
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Cold Welcome (Greek mythology; Hades/Persephone)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
He pauses, holds back before he touches her, knowing his hands to be as cold as the winter that now falls to shroud the mortal world above in her absence.

Persephone doesn't hesitate, bold and bright as only shows more strongly in his realm of shadows and creeping shades. "Welcome me home, husband." she orders with a playful lilt, and clasps Hades' hands in her own to wrap his arms around her; she leans up against him, her soft body pressing close as he ardently embraces her.
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[personal profile] tellshannon815 2018-12-18 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Big hugs! You did a great job with this one!
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[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
bahahaha good XD
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[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, so warm and cozy. <3
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[personal profile] tellshannon815 2018-12-18 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Made me smile! Loved it!
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Original, Finding Home

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-18 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
Julian cannot remember the last time he had a home. He's had a school and a dormitory and a laboratory, but nothing he would consider home, no place that makes him feel like he fits.

But laying in bed with Makoto wrapped around him, watching the morning sunlight slowly climb the wall of the cabin, Julian feels like maybe, just maybe, he fits right here.
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Re: Fire Emblem 9/10

[personal profile] shinon 2018-12-18 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, this is cute! I love these two being in cahoots.
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[personal profile] runespoor 2018-12-18 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Mo Dao Zu Shi, any, one step forward two steps back
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[personal profile] shinon 2018-12-18 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Any; any; I been you, I know you, your facade is a scam

[personal profile] lady_katana4544 2018-12-18 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
On AO3

They sprawled nude on the floor in front of the fireplace of Lavellan's chambers, idly tracing each other's skin, learning about the new and old scars that lined each other's pale skin.

There was a particular scar over Sera's heart that resembled an old burn mark from the time of the Blight hitting Denerim and causing the old, withered and burning support beams of a storehouse that Sera had been hiding in. Selya kissed the mark softly before she pecked Sera's left cheek where a bit of debris had left a healing mark there gently.

Selya had a scar along her right cheek that ended just below her eye, from a human bandit that had foolishly tried to attack their leader and she had thrown her face in the way of the blade, taking the damage to her lovely face. She closed her eyes as Sera gently traced the old scar and made a promise to kill any enemy no matter who they were if they so much as looked at her the wrong way.
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Mummies!

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
"What," Amelia demanded, sweeping a lock of hair out of her face and tucking it back, "was that?"

"A mummy, lady, just stay- Ow!" the American yelped as he stepped with quite satisfactory swiftness out of the way of Amelia - and her trusty parasol - letting her get a good look at the . . . something walking up the steps of the tomb.

"Mummies do not just get up and go for walks!" Amelia said firmly, frowning and tapping her parasol thoughtfully against her boot even as the young woman stepped up and brushed her arm, offering an explanation in a sheepishly quiet voice.

Emerson was going to be disastrously upset, Amelia thought, letting herself be drawn away from the window and preparing to listen, whatever they had to say.
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Jayne, Simon, Mal - A Fine Art

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-18 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Bluffing is a fine art," Jayne says just as he lays out his cards. "Not something you'd have done much of in your fancy doctor practice, I'd wager."

"Oh, I've had to do it enough." Simon puts down his own hand. "I believe these cards mean I win the pot?"

Jayne swears, and Mal laughs. "Well, Jayne, looks like bluffing ain't an art form you're particularly practiced with."
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[personal profile] litlover12 2018-12-18 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
(I have no idea if this is what you had in mind, and I've never written BatB before, but I've been wanting to try, so here goes nothing!)

They don't tell you these things in the fairy tales, she reflects, soothing her prince back to sleep after another nightmare. "Happily ever after" has been happy indeed, it's true, but though in the daylight he can calmly recall and even joke about the old cursed days, two o'clock in the morning is a different story. The enchanted rose is gone, but somewhere deep inside him, a thorn still makes itself felt.
Edited 2018-12-18 01:47 (UTC)
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Balance and Belonging (Hikaru no Go; Shindou Hikaru/Touya Akira)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
If I knew how, Akira thinks as he lays down his stones, battling Shindou for territory, for attention, for balance, I would make it so that you want me always . . . so that you need me . . . make you mine alone.

He sighs, even as he is fixated on the play between them, Shindou's hands answering his, his breath catching at the exhilaration of it, the passion that only comes when he is playing Shindou, the-

"Touya," Shindou says, and Akira jerks his head up from the game to meet bright eyes and a crooked grin, "don't you know? I'm already all yours." he says, twining their fingers together over the board filled with their spirited play.
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Re: Jayne, Simon, Mal - A Fine Art

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes, fantastic! :D So very them, all of it. XD
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Re: Comfort in a Storm (MCU; Thor & Loki)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-18 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, this is so sweet. :')
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The King Returns (Merlin (BBC)-ish)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Percy trembles and falls to his knees as a golden-headed figure rises in a golden halo of light; the Once and Future King, here to save England again, and he is here to see it. . .

Merlin - Merlin, Percy has been walking with the actual Merlin! - steps forwards, looking younger with every pace until, like his king, he is a young man as he drops to a knee and lifts up a gleaming, shimmering sword.

"Your sword, your great pratliness." Merlin says, lifting his respectfully-bowed head with a cheeky grin as Percy's jaw drops; the great and legendary King Arthur cuffs him lightly about the head.
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Re: The King Returns (Merlin (BBC)-ish)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-12-18 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
I know you probably meant Percival of the Round Table but I can't help but picture Percy Weasley and it's delicious
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[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hikaru no Go, Sai/Ogata (or Sai & Ogata), rematch
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[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Naruto, Kakashi/Yamato (Tenzou), misbehaving mokuton
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[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Greek Mythology, Hades/Persephone, Hades wearing a crown of flowers
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Re: The King Returns (Merlin (BBC)-ish)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
I actually meant Percy as a random modern/future young man of Britain BUT I admit I kept picturing Percy Weasley too. XD
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Re: Comfort in a Storm (MCU; Thor & Loki)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-18 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. 🖤