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

Re: Any fandom, any character, a hot shower and a change of clothes

[yeomanrand]

Thanks!

[hawkeyesquared]

"Tom, what are you-"

"Don't ask, just run!"

B'Elanna followed, mostly out of morbid curiosity--it wouldn't have been the first time he'd nearly gotten himself killed over some grievous social faux pas, but the people here had seemed fairly non-confrontational. But someone was shooting at them, so clearly- "What is going on?" she asked, out of breath, when Tom finally stopped running.

"I don't know!" And he looked so damn confused, she couldn't help but believe him. "I thought I was paying a lady a compliment, until she slapped me and her husband showed up with a phaser rifle!"

B'Elanna groaned. "What could you possibly have said that- hang on, give me your translator."

Paris handed it over--she fiddled with the settings, playing back what the translator believed the last statement to be, and translating it back into English. When she saw the words popping up on the screen, she barely managed to refrain from cackling. She showed the screen to Tom--it was almost worth the restraint to see the color drain from his face.

"I did not ask her that," he choked out, and B'Elanna couldn't help it--she doubled over with laughter.

Home

[kalira]

"But, Mama, why are we leaving?" Adrian asked from the circle of his father's arms, frowning a bit. "We've always lived here."

Lisa smiled as she moved over to them, brushing a kiss to Vlad's cheek - ignoring his pointedly raised eyebrow; she had already won this discussion - and then her son's brow. "Because we have always lived in your father's castle," she said gently, "and the world is ever so much larger than that, my little prince."

Re: Banshee, Lucas Hood [CN: canonical prison/violence]

[sholio]

Awww, Lucas!! (Or whatever your name is. XD)

Re: Hero Complex

[kalira]

They just can't help it, can they? ^.^

[kitajmaze]

I love you.

[snickfic]

Awww, I love Okoye's sincerity in this - a real antidote to Val's veneer of uncaring. Very nice. :)

(Stand Still Stay Silent - webcomic)

[kiraly]

Emil mutters the words over and over, under his breath even though there's no one to hear him - no one but Lalli, who all this is for in the first place, curled under the bed in the quarantine cell next to his. Hyyyy...vääää... the memory of failed attempts still stings, and part of him wonders why he even bothers to try learning Finnish again. But he knows why; there is so much between them, so much he cannot say only in dreams, and no one left to translate.

[lacerta]

The Terror, anthropomorphic, ships frozen in the sea

[hawkeyesquared]

Firsts had never been a thing to be celebrated. The bloody ones were just the first of many, and it was the culmination of training and ferocity that were admirable, not the start itself. And the tender ones, well...

Her first kiss was a man she was distracting so she could get the blaster from his belt and then rob him blind. Not exactly something to write home about. When she slept with someone, it was for access. When she killed, it was a necessity.

Love was never a question. Never a consideration. And then she met him, and it was more important than ever to remain detached.

Because if he let her, she would destroy him. And that--her own destruction, following--was a risk she couldn't take.

[kitajmaze]

Salt and pepper aliens. Yes. This is great.

[kiraly]

Stand Still Stay Silent, Any Prologue Character(s), radio signals

Re: Hero Complex

[yeomanrand]

They really can't.

Well. Steve can't, and then Bucky's going where he goes, so it's all Steve's fault, really.

[kiraly]

The Queen's Thief, Kamet/Costis, bringing home grubby specimens to fill the house

[kiraly]

Stand Still Stay Silent, Emil/Lalli, trip to the bakery in Reykjavik

[kitajmaze]

Bahahaha. Yes pls.

[hawkeyesquared]

Everyone died. It was how they kept control--you simply couldn't form attachments if, at any moment, you might be forced to kill a girl you might have considered a friend. The Red Room was the only constant, the one reality, the only means of survival. The Red Room was to be obeyed.

you'll destroy them one day, my girl, and what will you do then?

But it was never true loyalty, not really. Could you be loyal if you couldn't love?

love is for children, and i was never a child

And there she stood, with the broken pieces of her soul scattered like the fragments of a bullet--sharp, and twisted, and impossible to piece back together. But it was done--the Red Room was destroyed, soaked in the blood of the world that birthed it. And she was free.

But what did freedom really mean to a weapon?

[kiraly]

In Other Lands, Elliot/Luke, if I hear one more word about mermaids...

[kiraly]

Stand Still Stay Silent, Sigrun/Tuuri, a scar that won't easily heal

[kiraly]

Stand Still Stay Silent, Any, Summer at Reynir's house

[kiraly]

The Queen's Thief, Eddis & her attendants, strength in appearances

> Mary Sue: Vacillate

[aroberuka]

Your name is Mary Sue and you’re trying to be a good moirail, even though the concept is still kinda new to you, and your palemate really isn’t helping by constantly flipping red on you.

At least it’s not black, and that’s a relief; you can’t imagine trying to navigate those kind of feelings on top of everything else.

Months later you dance with him away from prying eyes and, oh, it is black alright, blacker than you ever thought you were capable of.

[sholio]

... ohhhhhh. Natasha. ;___;

[sholio]

HAHAAHA. Wonderful. :D

[hawkeyesquared]

"I'm just glad Leo isn't around to see this." Former President Bartlett heaved a great sigh, switching the television off in the middle of one of Trump's tantrums.

He picked up a magazine, leafing idly through it, until one picture caught his eye. "What did that imbecile do to my Office?!"