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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.
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any characters, seeing snow for the first time
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Stranger Things, the moms, zombie apocalypse
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any characters, trust fall
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
MCU, any, replaced by a Skrull
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Stranger Things, any, ugly Christmas sweaters
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
LOL, me too. I kinda want to write this as a whole fic now.
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ahahaaaa. Nice.
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any characters, the only person who is allowed to defeat you is me!
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Netflix Defenders, any, gunshot wound
glorious_spoon: (Default)

[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2018-12-20 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
PLEASE DO
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Stranger Things, Eleven (+ Hopper), secretly listening to his records at the cabin
psyche29: A brown eye with rainbow eyeliner all around it (Default)

[personal profile] psyche29 2018-12-20 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
TELL US ALL MORE! Love it.
acequeenking: Persephone - Dante Gabriel Rosetti (Default)

Greek Mythology - Orpheus/Eurydice

[personal profile] acequeenking 2018-12-20 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
He looks too early, and she falls away, but she doesn't leave him.

He hears Eurydice whisper in his ear to keep hope whenever he despairs, but she is never truly there.

Still: on the darkest of nights, he stares hard at the doorway, willing her ghost to cross his path.
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any characters, baking cookies
acequeenking: (Perse-HT)

[personal profile] acequeenking 2018-12-20 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
(ooooh Hadestown <3)

This is lovely and bittersweet. I love how he never promises to stop, and Persephone all-too-clearly picks up on it.

I love the idea of matter of fact Demeter here!
ernest: (lemony snicket)

Re: Greek Mythology - Orpheus/Eurydice

[personal profile] ernest 2018-12-20 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
omg YES, this is awesome! And really sad too, as is Right and Proper for these two. I love the impact of "Still:"
nurseshark: (Faye)

Re: Greek Mythology - Orpheus/Eurydice

[personal profile] nurseshark 2018-12-20 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
I love this; very lovely and sad! 💙
ernest: (Default)

[personal profile] ernest 2018-12-20 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
and Demeter is... *puts on shades* ...down to earth!
glorious_spoon: (Default)

[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2018-12-20 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Look," the guy said, sounding bored, completely unbothered by the blood-sticky straps pinning him to the chair, the gory trophies on the wall, the elaborately crafted stage that had reduced Earl's last three subjects to sobbing messes before he'd even touched them, "this is gonna go one of two ways: either I'll get loose and kill you, or you'll take me out first and my brother will put a bullet in your head when he catches up to you." A sharp grin crossed his face, lending it a suddenly inhuman cast in the gloom. "But unlike you, I'll be back."
dragonofeternal: a black and white image of Judal summoning black ruhk (magi→ judal black ruhk)

[personal profile] dragonofeternal 2018-12-20 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
magi, any, dungeons

SCP Foundation

[personal profile] reccyls 2018-12-20 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Input: butter, sugar, all-purpose flour, sea salt, Hershey's chocolate chips

Setting: Fine

Output: twelve (12) chocolate chip cookies, tasted "excellent" as per endorsement of Dr. Smith

Note: Are you assholes actually lazy enough to use an unknowable, dangerous machine to make cookies because you didn't have access to an oven? And you didn't save any for me??? - Dr. Antonius
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-20 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any character, "Thanks, I hate it."
ernest: (don't panic)

Re: SCP Foundation

[personal profile] ernest 2018-12-20 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know the fandom, but this is terrific!
rosage: (Default)

[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-20 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
The Arcana, MC/Muriel, blanket
rosage: (Default)

[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-20 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
The Arcana, Muriel and Nadia, gardens