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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.
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

[personal profile] edenfalling 2018-12-11 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh, Terezi. She needs all the hugs.
sewn: Cartoon drawing of a red-haired person giving a bunny a little kiss (audrey at jacks)

[personal profile] sewn 2018-12-11 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely & creepy!
alchemise: Oliver as Green Arrow (Arrow)

[personal profile] alchemise 2018-12-11 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That's fantastic!
senmut: modern style black canary on right in front of modern style deathstroke (MCU: Black Widow)

[personal profile] senmut 2018-12-11 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I love it.
senmut: modern style black canary on right in front of modern style deathstroke (MCU: Black Widow)

[personal profile] senmut 2018-12-11 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Very nicely done.
Edited 2018-12-11 23:54 (UTC)
senmut: modern style black canary on right in front of modern style deathstroke (MCU: Black Widow)

[personal profile] senmut 2018-12-11 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I like this.
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[personal profile] yeomanrand 2018-12-11 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] yeomanrand 2018-12-11 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! :)

[personal profile] emmaliza 2018-12-12 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Illyria knows what she is, a god in the body of an insect, but this is something else: this child, this tiny child, this body that is just a universe's trinket, she is her world, Illyria's world, every world.

As the walls of the world cave in this child sets her jaw and states: "We're going to fix this."

Illyria could never doubt it.
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[personal profile] isis 2018-12-12 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yes yes yes!
primeideal: Wooden chessboard. Text: "You may see all kinds of human emotion here. I see nothing other than a simple board game." (chess musical)

[personal profile] primeideal 2018-12-12 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Blade Runner 2049, any, miraculous
primeideal: Text: "Right, the colors. Whoa! Go away! We're trying to figure out the space-time continuum here." on Ravenclaw banner (animorphs)

[personal profile] primeideal 2018-12-12 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Animorphs, any Andalite(s), culture shock
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2018-12-12 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Voltron, Matt, rebel soul
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2018-12-12 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Killjoys, Aneela/Delle Seyah, "so rich, so bitch"
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2018-12-12 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Killjoys, Johnny & Jaq, time to corrupt the nephew
Edited 2018-12-12 00:45 (UTC)
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2018-12-12 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Tell me, Barry," yelps Cisco as he rolls to dodge another blast, "how concerned should I be?"

Barry thuds to the ground at his side and gasps, "Concerned about what?"

"About how many alternate versions of me are total assholes!"
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2018-12-12 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh him? He's my butler."

When the man finally turns his back, Johnny shoots a glare at Dutch and hisses, "It wasn't funny the first three times, and it's not funny now."
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[personal profile] scarletcorvid 2018-12-12 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
He had agreed to the exile and felt it was a fair punishment for his role in Anakin's downfall. No one told him the endless clicks of sand would amplify every feeling of loneliness, doubt, and regret. In the middle of the night, Obi-Wan listened to the sandstorms howl and wondered what he hated more; the sand itself or the fear he would never find atonement on this arid rock called Tatooine.
kalira: cartoon representation of Kalira (pale skin, long brown hair, fangy smile, with thumb and two fingers raised), wearing a black tank top and cardigan, on a galaxy in ace flag stripes/colours (Default)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-12 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Oo, intriguing! I'm terribly curious! (And I wondered at the references a couple of times in canon to the Dursleys' awful presents in Harry's trunk.)
violsva: full bookshelf with ladder (books)

[personal profile] violsva 2018-12-12 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Would it not serve as an excellent guide? I am sure once I have captured it, we shall be able to determine a means of communication... Oh, come now, you haven't even tried!"
kalira: cartoon representation of Kalira (pale skin, long brown hair, fangy smile, with thumb and two fingers raised), wearing a black tank top and cardigan, on a galaxy in ace flag stripes/colours (Default)

Re: If at first you don't succeed...

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-12 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, yikes and fantastic! Excellent format. And hey, science! Only being reasonable. . .
kalira: cartoon representation of Kalira (pale skin, long brown hair, fangy smile, with thumb and two fingers raised), wearing a black tank top and cardigan, on a galaxy in ace flag stripes/colours (Default)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-12 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
. . .that is excellent. Naturally it all looks too insane to be true with the distance of not having seen it. XD
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

[personal profile] edenfalling 2018-12-12 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, he's not wrong... but still, wtf!
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2018-12-12 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
The apartment is small, but it's not like they need much space even for three. Battling monsters and high school side by side has trained them to work as a single unit in any situation--even, hopefully, one as mundane as community college.

Still, it might be hard to invite friends over with one wall covered in a web of newspaper clippings, photographs, maps, and that extremely inappropriately-worded string of flirtatious post-it notes.

[personal profile] runespoor 2018-12-12 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Queen's Thief, Gen/Irene, stolen kisses