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

[yeomanrand]

Shuri caught herself humming under her breath as she worked with the delicate mechanisms that brought the Black Panther suit into being, and froze.

"Damn colonizers," she said to no one in particular, though the dora milaje watching the laboratory door didn't quite hide her chuckle.

And when Shuri began humming again, she joined in: "Give me a break..."

Re: Broken and Remade

[kalira]

Thank you very much! I don't write a lot in this kind of style but it just . . . came to me that way. And I agree; maybe because they're just so much larger-than-life? >.> I have so many feelings about these three. (Though I only wrote them as a ship together for the first time recently. . .)

<3

[sholio]

Castlevania (Netflix), any, explosions

Re: Remnants (Castlevania (Netflix))

[kalira]

I haven't either but hmm. . . (And I'll no doubt be back to write more and maybe leave more prompts tomorrow and ongoing. >.>)

[yeomanrand]

I have no fill for this but feel the need to give you a cheerful boo for your pun.

[sholio]

Stranger Things, Steve/Nancy/Jonathan, night life

[sholio]

Stranger Things, Steve + any, grenade

[yeomanrand]

"You said it wasn't legally binding!"

"I didn't think it was!" Tony shouted back, his own hand wrapped around the back of his neck. "I'm not a lawyer; how was I supposed to know an Asgardian battlefield marriage was going to stick?"

[zarabithia]

In four hours, the oxygen will run out; they will likely be saved (Pidge is a genius, and the rest of their team is so stubbornly brave) but, just in case they aren't....

"Keith, I never got around to telling you - the time never seemed right - but just in case we're out of time, I want you to know... I love you too." Shiro says, taking up valuable oxygen in order to utter something even more important.

Kissing takes up even more oxygen that they potentially don't have, but ... even if this wasn't potentially the end of the line, Shiro would not be able to deny Keith.

[glorious_spoon]

Guardians of the Galaxy, Peter/Gamora, resurrection

[glorious_spoon]

Star Trek TOS, Leonard McCoy, afterlife

[kalira]

Ohhh this is lovely. . . And very them; perfect.

[syrena_of_the_lake]

“Isn’t dressing in women’s clothing a cliché?” Zeb complained, twisting and reaching and trying to tug the grass skirt lower.

“I don’t think it’s called women’s clothing here,” Ezra said helpfully, “it’s whaddayacallit, ambidextrous.”

Hera kept her face stern with an effort; the BrNai had five genders and none of them looked much like Zeb, but as always, they’d make do with a little improvisation, minimal resources, and the cover of darkness... and maybe something to simulate an extra layer of blubber — Zeb was far too lean to realistically pass for a BrNai of any gender.

[heliopausa]

"You fret too much, Ed." Peter stood with easy command, bracing reflexively to the surge of the Splendour Hyaline toward the still-misty outline of Felimath. "I've had the whole history from Windseer, and it was the Islanders themselves who asked to be taken under Narnian protection; anyway, if they weren't under our flag they'd be easy prey for some other great power."

[glorious_spoon]

OMG this is a delight. Thank you!

Re: Fill: Amelia Peabody

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Thanks for the great prompt! I think I have a new motto LOL

[shippingfleetadmiral]

Stumbling around Gotham happened more than anywhere else Jason had been, even weird stumbling covered in birds.

Muttering about brains though was kind of new but Jason has been dragged to far too many horror movies by Drake so there really was only one answer to this.

"We do not need a fucking Zombie apocalypse," Jason muttered he stared down the exploded remains of the head he'd just shot off.

[heliopausa]

Lovely - great last line.

[acequeenking]

"Oh," Susan Pevensie said, staring at the girl who had jumped around the corner, the gun from one of the bizzre salt-and-pepper-shaker aliens in her hand; she looked Susan's age, but wasn't; there was something old in her eyes, something like Susan's eyes.

"You're different, like me," Susan Pevensie said, head tilted; something in this woman spoke that she had lived many lives, though she did not smell like Narnia.

The woman relaxed and nodded, though she could not possibly know what Susan meant; she held out a hand and smiled, and Susan grabbed it and started running.

[heliopausa]

This is terrific! I want what happened next. :)

[moetushie]

Aw, Jason, you tell reality where it can put it. <3

[acequeenking]

He misses the stars, the moons, the comets, the bifrost; misses the passage of time occurring under his watch.

He misses Odin, Freya, and all those gone before and long dead.

But more than anything, he misses his duty; cast adrift among the stars, Heimdall longs for nothing more than to have his hands on his sword, the sky in his eyes, and his liege's command in his ear.

[glorious_spoon]

"Are you sure it's safe out here?" Dean whispered as they passed under the low-hanging, moss-draped branches, the ground squelching wetly beneath their feet. "I mean, when you said you wanted me to meet Fluffy, I kind of thought--"

"I promise, it's perfectly safe," Luna said, turning back to smile at him, her hair a river of silver in the bright moonlight, and yeah, okay, he was going to follow her all the way into the middle of the swamp to meet whatever monstrous pet was lurking there if that was what she wanted.

[heliopausa]

:D Love the name of the ship, too!

[heliopausa]

Oh, crushing! :D