Three Sentence Ficathon

[rthstewart]

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 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.

Comments

[morningcoffee]

Oh, I like this! Thank you!!!

[jjhunter]

any, any, it's okay to have feelings /that terrify you (src)

[mad_madam_m]

It feels like it's been a thousand years, and yet also only a few seconds since the last time he saw Mizuki. Death has a way of blending time together so it feels both eternal and instantaneous.

Fifty-four years after he last saw her, she walks up to the gate, her smile the same as it ever was, and this time she walks to him with her arms outstretched, no hesitation in her steps, ready this time to join him in eternity together.

[adaeze]

When you've once learned to spy, it's a hard habit to break. When you've once agreed to betray a friend, it's hard to learn that he's betrayed you. So when the Ambassador arrives, too late, it's to complain that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead drunk.

Re: Trapped in Nightmares (Firefly/Serenity)

[kalira]

So much. She was my first thought for this because . . . oof.

[kalira]

Ohh~ 🖤

Re: Fill: Hikaru no Go

[kalira]

I . . . don't remember that but I haven't reread the manga in like two years so I might have forgotten. XP And I haven't read that one yet but it's in a to-read file. >.>

Sure! Mine is a short thing I'm working on a sequel for. >.> Another Game.

[little_lady_d]

oh, this is beautiful! i love the imagery. and i love how persephone loves hades more for being something inhuman, like a statue or a shade, than when he's acting like a human man, petty and grasping.

[little_lady_d]

aah this is great. i think we can all agree r & g made the right choice here.

[little_lady_d]

that's amazing. you're amazing. i am so into this entire universe.

[redrikki]

::Snorts:: Classic Alfred.

[teaforlupin]

Oh holy crap, that's AMAZING and the last one gave me shivers, thank you!!

Star Wars, Rey

[(Anonymous)]

Rey’s first thought upon bursting out of the doors to the planet Starkiller was based on was that stars, it was cold. Her second was that this must be snow, and that she wished for a more opportune time to explore it.

That opportunity, unfortunately, never did arrive.

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

[celeste9]

LMAO, no, this is great!

[celeste9]

Awwwww! Dorks. <3

Re: Star Wars, Rey

[celeste9]

Oops, forgot to log in.

Re: Fill: intended as Caleb/Kopil

[candlesinthewell]

Thank you! I was glad to see a prompt that gave me an opportunity to write them, and it’s good to hear that you liked how I wrote them here. :D

Teen Wolf - Stiles/Derek

[froggydarren]

"You know, this isn't the worst situation we've ever been in."

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Derek asks, glancing down at the speedo he was given to wear.

Sure, they're undercover and he's glad to be working on the case with Stiles, but he really hadn't expected his cover to be a stripper in a shady club. Not to mention that he's already trying to figure out just why Stiles seems very very comfortable in his own glittery speedo and the makeup that he put on without hesitation.

Teen Wolf

[froggydarren]

There are unhappy mutterings from around the room, which, Derek figures, is precisely why Stiles chose this exercise for them to do. Derek's not sure how this is supposed to work, not with their combined history and the general feeling that no one in the room is trustworthy.

Then, of all people, Peter's the first one who squares his shoulders, looks over one of them at Derek and falls backward.

[candlesinthewell]

Fallen London, any, Oh my god, it’s full of stars.

[candlesinthewell]

Fallen London, any, What happens in Venderbight stays in Venderbight

[candlesinthewell]

Fallen London, Correspondence scholar character, setting your own hair on fire in front of a room full of students

[candlesinthewell]

The Craft Sequence, Caleb & or / any, statistics

[candlesinthewell]

The Craft Sequence, Tara & or / any, dreams of falling

[candlesinthewell]

Any, any, sleeping gods