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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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The Adventure Zone Balance Arc - Taako, pre-canon

[personal profile] straightforwardly 2018-12-19 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Possibly vague spoilers? If you’re familiar with the canon, this might be a bit disturbing.

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Chocolate sluices down the roads like mud, peppermints form windows in gingerbread houses with caramel-slated roofs, people — humans and elves and dwarves and orcs, all shaped from gummies — stand in the streets and sit inside houses and on chocolate carriages halted mid-motion, licorice birds perch in trees of fudge and cotton candy — no matter where he looks, Taako finds some new detail to fascinate him; it’s an entire life-sized model of confectionary art, sitting in the middle of nowhere, and he has never seen its like.

“What is this place?” Sazed wonders, open-mouthed.

“Who knows — and who cares?” Taako replies with a flippant shrug of his shoulder, hiding his own curiosity beneath carelessness — though that doesn’t stop him from breaking off a piece to taste.
Edited 2018-12-19 12:46 (UTC)
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Re: Greek mythology, she comes in colors everywhere

[personal profile] booksarelife 2018-12-19 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, I love this!!
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Re: Um. Hello? And of course I couldn't resist this prompt.

[personal profile] booksarelife 2018-12-19 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Interesting!! I really like this!!
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[personal profile] booksarelife 2018-12-19 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
River!! This is very intriguing and slightly ominous!
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Re: Everything I Can’t Afford

[personal profile] booksarelife 2018-12-19 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
This is so wonderful and it hurts so much!
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Re: I never lied.

[personal profile] booksarelife 2018-12-19 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Love this!!
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Re: Original

[personal profile] booksarelife 2018-12-19 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I love this!!
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[personal profile] booksarelife 2018-12-19 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Hardison is amazing!!
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Re: Welcome to PHU, Pawel & Mac

[personal profile] tryslora 2018-12-19 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
<3 Thank you! When I saw your prompt, the early days of Mac & Pawel's friendship is where I went immediately. Thanks!!
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[personal profile] booksarelife 2018-12-19 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that's great!!
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[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-19 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! <3
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[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-19 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
They really would. XD Thank you so much! <3
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[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2018-12-19 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Narnia, birds with odd names, blue-footed booby and yellow-bellied sapsucker
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[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-19 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! I absolutely adore Veronica and haven't written her before, so this was great to dip into her head. <3
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Re: The Adventure Zone Balance Arc - Taako, pre-canon

[personal profile] tiggerann 2018-12-19 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, this is ominous.
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[personal profile] meridian_rose 2018-12-19 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
This is her true destiny and always has been. Jenkins kneels before the resplendent demigoddess, one hand over his heart, and murmurs, "My Lady." Cassandra's dress ripples like the ocean as she reaches over to cup his chin and say, "My Galahad."
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[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-19 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, my heart is full, thank you so much!!
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[personal profile] meridian_rose 2018-12-19 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
(I'm not sure the Lady of the Lake is a demigoddess but its potentially arguably as true as goddess/enchantress/other! I'm also hoping for more fills because this is a great prompt!)

Persona 2

[personal profile] reccyls 2018-12-19 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course I was bitter," Katsuya says, head bowed. "I had my dreams, my desires--who wouldn't be bitter to have to give all of that up? Who wouldn't be angry at having to throw their life away?" Tatsuya watches his brother's trembling hands, a vague sense of dread crawling up the back of his throat.

The silence that follows the gunshot is just as deafening.

Katsuya glares at the smoking hole he leaves in his copy's chest. "But don't you ever dare to presume that you would use my brother against me."