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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 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ohh, this is great, I love it.
syrena_of_the_lake: (Default)

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2018-12-12 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
From his perch in the crow’s nest of the Dawn Treader, Edmund surveyed his handiwork with a frown and a critical comment: “Logistically speaking, there’s no way this thing should fly.”

“Neither should a dragon!” Eustace answered cheerfully, which was a marvel in itself, but then he continued true to form: “Statistically, wind speed and aerodynamics are on our side—“

“Don’t start with the statistics again,” groaned Edmund, “or we’ll never get this glider launched before Lucy gets back up here, and you know—”

“She’ll want the first go,” finished Eustace with a rueful grin, “and isn’t that just like a girl!”
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

[personal profile] edenfalling 2018-12-12 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Ahaha, those dorks. :D

(Who fishes them out of the water when they crash?)
syrena_of_the_lake: (Default)

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2018-12-12 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Chronicles of Narnia, any, like a hummingbird in a high wind
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)

Wait For Me

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-12 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Hades stood and watched his wife move about the room with willowy grace as she gathered some of her jewels and clothes, thinking must you go - though he would never say it, and he knew she must.

Persephone suddenly turned and flung herself into his arms, her hands winding clingily into the cloth at the small of his back. "Wait for me?"

"Until the Styx runs dry." Hades promised through a painfully tight throat, closing his arms desperately around her in return.
sholio: Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy (Avengers-GotG-Gamora)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-12 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
ohhhh FEELS

I love this! MY HEART.

[personal profile] reccyls 2018-12-12 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Fire Emblem, any characters, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
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[personal profile] cornerofmadness 2018-12-12 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Angel the Series; Connor; "This is Hell"

[personal profile] reccyls 2018-12-12 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
You watch with what you feel is an appropriate amount of concern as the lady at the table across the room alternates between crying, laughing, and exalting the Bleak Light That Illuminates That Which Is Beyond Sight.

"The szzecret ingredient is my zzzpecial honey," says the chef in satisfied delight. "I make it myself."
Edited 2018-12-12 05:05 (UTC)
heliopausa: (Default)

[personal profile] heliopausa 2018-12-12 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
I love that vision of the Doctor's smile!
heliopausa: (Default)

[personal profile] heliopausa 2018-12-12 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
And the beginning of adventures, and of finding just how it was that they both held "something old in [their] eyes"! Gorgeous!
I love the end, with all its call-backs to holding hands when there's magic, and to "run!".
syrena_of_the_lake: (Default)

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2018-12-12 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
“I told you it wouldn’t work,” Eustace sputtered.

He’d done no such thing, of course — the entire enterprise had been his idea, or at least partially his fault for moping around the ship and looking so gloomy while watching the birds — but Edmund was too busy thanking the mermaid who rescued them to bother correcting his cousin’s blatant rewriting of recent history.

A gleeful shout and a splash were Edmund’s only warning before Lucy’s abrupt descent to join them — at which point the mermaid lost all interest in him, naturally.
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

[personal profile] edenfalling 2018-12-12 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
!!! :DDDDDDDDDDD
colls: (SW Leia/Han)

[personal profile] colls 2018-12-12 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
OMG
This is delightful!
ghostwings: A digitally-drawn picture of a gryphon with moth wings and antennae. (Default)

Re: When Narnians take things literally...

[personal profile] ghostwings 2018-12-12 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Aaa, so cute! :D The moles are just so *proud* of their work! (As well they should be.)
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 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh this feels perfect for Heimdall - overarching and distant but also so close and immediate.
ghostwings: A digitally-drawn picture of a gryphon with moth wings and antennae. (Default)

Re: Work-to-Rule

[personal profile] ghostwings 2018-12-12 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, nice. (Hopefully XS-43's partner can avoid getting memory-wiped again; I get the feeling whoever is responsible for deciding to do that is going to be getting some extra-malicious compliance if they ever cross XS-43's path again.)
senmut: Nyssa and Tegan from Doctor Who together in one icon (Doctor Who: Tegan and Nyssa)

[personal profile] senmut 2018-12-12 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Jody's got this... radiance when she smiles as the Doctor that just gets me!
senmut: Sarah Jane and Three together (Doctor Who: Three and Sarah Jane)

[personal profile] senmut 2018-12-12 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
This is GREAT!
senmut: modern style black canary on right in front of modern style deathstroke (MCU: Black Widow)

[personal profile] senmut 2018-12-12 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
+whines+

This is good!
senmut: Close up of a lavender eye in a dark face (Forgotten Realms: Drizzt Eye)

Re: Wait For Me

[personal profile] senmut 2018-12-12 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
OH YES!
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 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Kamisama Kiss, Tomoe/Akura Ou (or Tomoe & Akura Ou), my past and future
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: Wait For Me

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-12 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
:D
thesupremequeen: Persephone from the comic The Wicked + The Divine (Default)

[personal profile] thesupremequeen 2018-12-12 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Jessica tossed back a shot as she stared in Matt’s seeing-yet-unseeing eyes as he sat next to her at the bar.
“You know saving all our lives by dying, and then somehow being alive again means I owe you one.”
“I'm not sure thats how that works, but how about just filling in Luke and Danny instead."
toujours_nigel: budding yellow rose (beginning)

[personal profile] toujours_nigel 2018-12-12 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
It's not his fault he hadn't managed his way back before Coop's birthday party had got its wheels off the ground: you try to finagle extraction when covers are blown and Plan A just got blown to literal bits, and then get back to him. (He's not ashamed to say he's kinda forgotten it is Coop's birthday, between the transit and the time-zones... okay he's a little ashamed.)
But, and yeah he's got a point here, you blow tiny paper trumpets in a field agent's good ear when he isn't expecting it, and you get what you... yeah, yeah, he's gonna put down the kid and go take a nap.