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

[sewn]

Twin Peaks, Laura/Josie (or Laura & Josie), truth and lies

[rthstewart]

Oh yes, Anakin would have thought it was hilarious. And then Vader would have ruined it all. Bah. But it's nice that Beru is being... neighborly.

[rthstewart]

that's my Susan! Wonderful!!

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Matron’s frown was audible through the scratchy connection, and Mrs. Pevensie sighed. “There’s no problem with Susan,” Matron repeated, trying in vain to elicit the inevitable question of where the problem did lie (it was Lucy, of course, riling the rector or inciting rebellion in the refectory, it was always Lucy), but Mrs. Pevensie cut her off with “Then you must not be looking closely enough. Whatever Lucy is up to, Susan is in up to her neck, but she’s far more careful about not getting caught.”

[sewn]

Twin Peaks, Audrey & Johnny Horne, sibling love

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Chronicles of Narnia; Susan Pevensie; she met the Witch first

[sewn]

Twin Peaks, Tammy Preston & Albert Rosenfield, "Agent Preston gets car sick" - hurt/comfort

[rthstewart]

The Ghost crew all stare at the new list of Ship Rules, guiltily avoiding catching anyone else’s eye, for this is a shared punishment and for their collective crimes, Hera has put the Holonet password behind 12 layers of personal encryption

*No clipping toenails in the lounge (Zeb, this means you especially);
*No, Sabine, you may redecorate the common areas without Captain’s express, written prior approval;
*Anyone who doesn’t put the toilet seat back down will be cleaning the head (and the landing gear, exhaust systems, ventilation, and Chopper wheel housing) for the next month;
*Since someone (Ezra, I know it was you) ate all my frozen chocolate cream, there won’t be any more on the ship until we eat all the fermented, curdled thala-siren milk… and so on.

As they peruse the very long list, Sabine muses, “I could try to splice through…” but Ezra shakes his head and points at the final warning: “If anyone even tries to hack my security, I’m cancelling our premium channels and it will be basic cable until Coruscant Prime goes supernova.”

So much for 3 sentences...

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Kanan made the grave error of assuming the rules didn’t apply to him.
“Hey, the exhaust systems look really good!” Ezra commented, making a grave error of his own. “Which rule did you break?”
“Not that it’s any of your business,” Kanan growled, “but I’m about to break one more.”
Ezra swallowed. “No strangling your apprentice?” he guessed with a weak grin.
“No delegating my own punishments to my apprentice under threat of further punishment,” Kanan corrected.
“That’s oddly specific,” laughed Ezra. “So what’s the punishment for breaking that rule?”
Kanan’s answering grin was positively feral. “Worth it.”

[senmut]

For Arya, the mask had been held in Winterfell whenever Mother insisted that she be the perfect little lady, while Sansa had been true to herself in that setting. The years passed, though, and Sansa learned the value of a mask to hold to all others, cloaking her intent as well as Littlefinger ever had. Arya, however, found that she could let the wolf be seen, even as she crafted a number of masks for use as needed.

[senmut]

I love it!

Re: So much for 3 sentences...

[senmut]

HEE! Great!

[senmut]

She doesn't need to look him in the eyes in the hologram. Ashoka has only been back to having Rex at her back for a short time, but she knows he knows her intentions. It's why he asks her to wait for him, to protect her, and yet, it's why she tells him no.

Re: So much for 3 sentences...

[rthstewart]

Sabine wrinkles her nose at the smell coming from the galley, just foul enough that she knows she should investigate, in case it's a toxic leak or something corrosive.

Turns out, it is both toxic and corrosive; Zeb is sitting on the counter using a trowel to dig into the enormous tub of greenish fermented, curdled thala-siren frozen milk (and it's the disgusting imitation "lite" variety, not even the real thing -- Kanan bought it on sale and it's been in the freezer ever since).

"I'm taking one for the team," Zeb says with a grimace as the frozen slime drips from the trowel.

[rthstewart]

Oh Susan. And Mrs. P is so right -- Susan is the one who doesn't get caught.

[rthstewart]

YES! Perfect. That's exactly it.

Re: So much for 3 sentences...

[senmut]

BWAHAHAHA

[senmut]

Thank you!

[rthstewart]

Jim remembers reading in one of Father Ceasar's real books with paper pages about how humankind once thought of fire as a gift. The faded red and orange illustration with flaking gold leaf on the edges was of Prometheus delivering life-giving light and warmth to shivering humans in the cold dark; the next page, a lesson in the perils of defying authority, was stark black, white and red, with Prometheus chained to a rock and Zeus' eagle tearing his liver out.

In space, Jim thinks Zeus was right to mete out punishment for fire is the enemy, not the lifesaver, as lethal as the cold and dark of the hard vacuum outside the Roci's hull and he feels only relief when the suppression system cycles from the worrying yellow of malfunction to soothing green and hears Amos call, "Looks good, Cap!"

[rthstewart]

Artemis Fowl; Artemis, Holly; roommates

Re: So much for 3 sentences...

[syrena_of_the_lake]

LITE, even! Omg, everything about this is glorious.

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Voltron Legendary Defender, Keith, desert

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Baby-Sitters Club, Claudia, self-education

[rthstewart]

Vorkosigan Saga (Bujold); Lady Alys Vorpatril, Byerly Vorrutyer; recruitment, blind drop

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Narnia/Voltron Legendary Defender, Eustace + Matt (or Eustace/Matt), Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?