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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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[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2018-12-11 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
MCU, Tony/Rhodey, "You said it wasn't legally binding!"
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[personal profile] beer_good_foamy 2018-12-11 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the fun prompt!
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[personal profile] beer_good_foamy 2018-12-11 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks a lot!
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[personal profile] beer_good_foamy 2018-12-11 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Heee!
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[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2018-12-11 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Agent Carter, Daniel/Jack/Peggy, time travel

[personal profile] sulfuriclights 2018-12-11 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"When you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last..."

T'Challa couldn't help but laugh, although he swore if Shuri didn't stop singing that to himself, he was going to ban American TV out of sheer annoyance.

Although, he supposed, it would have the bonus effect of earning him some extra frustrated phone calls from those generals who only ever called him when they wanted something. They were so much fun to hang up on.

[personal profile] sulfuriclights 2018-12-11 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine, I'm fine," Valkyrie grumbled, trying to bat Okoye away, but the Earth warrior wouldn't have any of it. She sat determinedly down next to her, cleaning out the deep cut that Thanos had left on her bicep; it still hadn't healed properly.

"Take care of yourself," Okoye murmured, with a soft smile; it was the first time anybody in a long time had said that to her with such sincerity. "You only get so many chances."
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[personal profile] pilfered_words 2018-12-11 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Byerly Vorrutyer's voice carried down the hallway, growing louder as he approached the room at the end of it. "So I finally get to meet my mysterious dead-drop, do I? I suppose it's some portly - pardon me, distinguished - some distinguished retired ImpSec captain, poor bas-"

The look on his face as he reached the doorway was worthy of high comedy. Alys took a sip from her teacup. "Do sit down, Vorrutyer," she said blandly.

(Three sentences, six sentences, same difference.)

[personal profile] sulfuriclights 2018-12-11 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
In the end, she thinks, in the end the only way to make a better world is to believe that it's worth making one. It's gross and tastes like crap in her mouth, and she knows that Vriska would probably beat the shit out of her for that kind of idealism - but she watches John and Rose and Karkat and the rest open the door into a different universe and she hopes - she hopes it's a better one.

And besides, it's idealism that keeps her searching all this time - idealism that lets her think that Vriska's just hiding, that she'll come back eventually. Or stupidity. That's an option too.
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[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-11 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I love this! :D If they made collapsible crowbars, Peggy would totally keep one in her handbag. (Maybe the SSR or Howard will have to invent one.)

I also love Jack's tenderness with injured!Daniel. <333
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[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-11 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, I can totally see this. XD
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[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2018-12-11 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Stranger Things, Jonathan & Steve, car crash
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[personal profile] frith_in_thorns 2018-12-11 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I can SEE this :D

[personal profile] priscipixie 2018-12-11 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Chronicles of Narnia, Peter, High King of Narnia, Emperor of the Lone Islands... "Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate." -- Edward Said

[personal profile] runespoor 2018-12-11 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not crying, you're crying.
frith_in_thorns: Diana Berrigan in a winter coat, looking down and smiling (WC Diana)

[personal profile] frith_in_thorns 2018-12-11 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a long, long, long silence; the sort which made a four-year prison sentence feel like a blink as each man tried not to be the one to break first.

Peter was the one who snapped. "I'm your boss," he said, weakly.

Diana looked from him, to Neal, to the coffee- and coffee-pot-glass-splattered surroundings.

She didn't say a word, which was much worse.

[personal profile] priscipixie 2018-12-11 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Vorkosigan Saga, Aral and Gregor, "A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be."

[personal profile] priscipixie 2018-12-11 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
The O.C. (TV), Ryan and Sandy, "You're not my dad!"

[personal profile] priscipixie 2018-12-11 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
The West Wing (TV), any, watching (real world) White House politics in 2018.
Edited 2018-12-11 22:37 (UTC)
sholio: Diana from White Collar (WhiteCollar-Diana)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-11 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh noooo, babies!!

[personal profile] priscipixie 2018-12-11 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay Susan! You go, girl!

Re: Fill: Amelia Peabody

[personal profile] priscipixie 2018-12-11 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I love Abdullah! He's so perfect with Amelia...

[personal profile] priscipixie 2018-12-11 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I can just see his face now! Wish we saw more of Alys and By in canon...

Re: When Narnians take things literally...

[personal profile] priscipixie 2018-12-11 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course this happened! Love it...

(Anonymous) 2018-12-11 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG. This prompt is AMAZING!