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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.
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 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Oo I like it. Also ouch. Appropriately.
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 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my lord that is fantastic!
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[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-12 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Eeeee, this is adorable. :DDD Wolf!Loki's long-suffering sigh, omg. (I imagine wolf!Thor is sort of like a golden retriever, except wolfier.)

[personal profile] runespoor 2018-12-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
When the war is just won, no-one's ready to hear the self-doubts of a teen Fire Lord, so Zuko does the right thing, and keeps it for himself (he's terrible with duty, and pretty bad at being good, but in time it occurs to him that he does okay with what's right - maybe not great, but okay).

It hums in his chest, sometimes, when he has to take a decision; it drums in his ears when he sits in a council and ends the night in his own counsel, staring at maps or at his hands or at nothing; it pumps in his heart he catches a smile across Mai's face, when she plays with the crown in his hair; it coils in his mouth like sweet, thick smoke, covering his words and his food and his water, and he has to take care not to let it slip out.

Until at last (it takes a long time in years, before he can, and while he feels just the same as a person, he no longer feels daunted by being Fire Lord as he once did; it needs to become history, before he's safe enough), he can open up - tell his friends; they're not surprised, but the words breathe out of his mouth, like smoke, and his chect feels lighter for letting go.
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[personal profile] scarletcorvid 2018-12-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Day in and day out they blasted him with orders, commands, demands, and when he didn't comply exactly or voiced his concerns, reprimands. C-3PO didn't understand how the seemingly superior humans could lack so greatly in basic politeness. So could he help it if Master Solo ended up having to explain to Princess Leia that he had sent a message to her asking for a truck, instead of something that happened to rhyme with that word?
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[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2018-12-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Stranger Things, Steve, ressurection
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 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Ooo. . . Beautifully done and excellent getting it to slip from canon rather than a complete AU.
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Re: MCU, Steve, dust because duh

[personal profile] scarletcorvid 2018-12-12 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Poor Steve XD
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[personal profile] pilfered_words 2018-12-12 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
:D

Have you read a_t_rain's By fics? They're brilliant, I had a hard time keeping their version of this scenario out of it.
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 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I had this image of not!wolf Loki and Clint went 'angst' and then Thor yelled 'BROTHER!' and frankly I like it better this way. ;) (Yes exactly my thoughts. XD)
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 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Zuko, sweetie. . . This is beautiful and you made my heart hurt but then you fixed it too, I love it~ And oh man handling it this way is so very Zuko.
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[personal profile] violsva 2018-12-12 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, ouch.
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[personal profile] violsva 2018-12-12 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
I love this!
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[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2018-12-12 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
They curl together in the darkness, two broken things stitched together with wires and metal and the sheer brutal force of their father's will. Gamora's fingers are warm and strong and steady where they curl against her shoulder, pressing to hold the wound there closed while the nanites knit it back together.

"You should not have let me win," she murmurs after a time, and leans down to catch Nebula's mouth in a soft kiss before she can answer.
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[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2018-12-12 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Eee, I want to read ALL of this now!
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[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-12-12 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
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 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oo, excellent! I loved the prompt when I skimmed past earlier and I hoped someone would do it justice and you definitely did.
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[personal profile] moetushie 2018-12-12 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Golden Kamuy, Sugimoto really is immortal. But there's a catch.
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[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2018-12-12 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Forever; Henry Morgan; the strangest things change over 200 years
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[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2018-12-12 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
OMFG this is fantastic!
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[personal profile] moetushie 2018-12-12 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Giorno Giovanna/Bruno Buccellati, dance me to the end of love
moetushie: Beaton cartoon - a sexy revolution. (Default)

[personal profile] moetushie 2018-12-12 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Golden Kamuy, Sugimoto/Ogata, guncrazy
moetushie: Beaton cartoon - a sexy revolution. (Default)

[personal profile] moetushie 2018-12-12 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
DCU, Jason Todd, zombie bird boy
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[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2018-12-12 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Animorphs, any, pretending to be one’s own dog begging at the dinner table was a new low